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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OFFENSIVE RELATIONS WITH A CHILD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OFFENSIVE RELATIONS WITH A CHILD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1647"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1647 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Rose"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-15T21:16:13+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T14:55:22+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ced849e1-3edd-4907-9a3b-ea8798bba2f7"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "f967582b88818ca67f97cb7380f08e1f95b07da712c7598c68f5e5140f18993e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1647 (2023) — TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OFFENSIVE RELATIONS WITH A CHILD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=738.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1647** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1647.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Petty — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-15T21:16:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-15T23:00:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T18:55:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T21:35:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03T21:35:45+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-04T00:43:46+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-04T00:43:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T19:15:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T18:47:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T18:47:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-06T18:47:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:01:36+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:01:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:18:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-12T14:55:22+00:00** Notification that HB1647 is now Act 738 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ced849e1-3edd-4907-9a3b-ea8798bba2f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+