HB 1629 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO PERMIT A RETIRING PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO BE AWARDED HIS OR HER SERVICE FIREARM UPON RETIREMENT.

HB 1629 (now Act 368) allows retiring prosecuting attorneys and deputies authorized to carry a firearm during their service to receive their assigned service firearm upon retirement. The bill amends Arkansas Code § 16-21-147(b) to add a provision enabling this award as recognition of service. It directly affects state prosecuting attorneys and deputies who carried firearms in their official duties. The policy change is now law, effective March 20, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 368 → HB 1629 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from Act 368 to HB 1629 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. The approval date was removed from the text, likely as a formatting adjustment for the new legislative session.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 368 to HB 1629 to reflect the current legislative session.

Approval date (3/20/25) was deleted from the document, likely because the bill is now being introduced rather than approved.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 20, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1629 is now Act 368

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors