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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CREATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY ACT; TO REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA; AND TO CLARIFY LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ILLEGAL RETENTION OF DATA."
+description: "TO CREATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY ACT; TO REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA; AND TO CLARIFY LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ILLEGAL RETENTION OF DATA."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 396"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 396 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Eubanks"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-09T19:28:56+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T21:21:48+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574bc840-1846-4650-ae08-e4278c4ddf67"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "feb0f34db6be7d9f9842601f24f6a5902c286def378cf93b21cf0d04c7b1debd"
+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 SB 396 (2023) — TO CREATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY ACT; TO REQUIRE AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA; AND TO CLARIFY LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM AGE VERIFICATION FOR USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ILLEGAL RETENTION OF DATA.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=689.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB396-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB396-S1.pdf)
+4. **SB 396** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB396.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **21–3** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–10** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **18–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dees — primary (person)
+- Eubanks — primary (person)
+- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-09T19:28:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-09T19:52:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27T20:00:51+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-03-27T20:01:02+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2023-03-27T20:01:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-27T20:01:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-03-27T22:36:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-27T22:37:01+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28T18:45:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29T20:23:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29T20:23:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-29T21:04:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-29T22:32:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-29T23:32:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T01:30:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T13:29:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-04T13:29:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T16:30:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-05T20:23:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T20:23:46+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-04-06T00:22:56+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-04-06T00:23:02+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06T02:28:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T16:25:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-06T16:25:46+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2023-04-06T16:25:51+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-04-06T16:25:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T16:26:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:25:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:25:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T21:21:48+00:00** Notification that SB396 is now Act 689 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574bc840-1846-4650-ae08-e4278c4ddf67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+