HB1737 Summary

• Creates Chapter 131 of Arkansas Code Title 16, establishing the "Property Owner's Right to Allow Firearms Act"

• Protects property owners from civil liability for damages, injuries, or deaths resulting from nonemployees carrying loaded firearms on their property, provided they allow all nonemployees to carry firearms

• Allows property owners to prohibit individuals from carrying firearms while maintaining liability protection if the person is legally prohibited from carrying firearms, convicted of public intoxication, sexual misconduct, violence, property destruction, or theft, under 18 years old, consuming alcohol or drugs, a former employee, or arrested for an offense on the property with a pending or resulting conviction

• Requires county sheriff's offices to maintain records of complaints from individuals who believe they were wrongfully denied the right to carry a loaded firearm based on property owner exceptions

• Does not protect property owners from liability for their own intentional or reckless conduct