---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBITING A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FROM ENTERING CERTAIN LOCATIONS DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC AQUATIC ACTIVITIES."
description: "PROHIBITING A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FROM ENTERING CERTAIN LOCATIONS DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC AQUATIC ACTIVITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1004"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1004 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fortner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-19T17:47:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T20:12:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df2b4fc3-0019-4b21-acaf-5d26045227f1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "44e7161ee08b128233028d8ff4f9b20a74e9160c44d3dcf1e60a8c7152053df1"
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 1004 (2021) — PROHIBITING A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FROM ENTERING CERTAIN LOCATIONS DESIGNED FOR PUBLIC AQUATIC ACTIVITIES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1004-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1004** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1004.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-11-19T17:47:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:07:44+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`
- **2021-01-25T14:34:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-25T14:34:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T21:33:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T19:57:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T22:03:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:04:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:34:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T19:54:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:54:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:28:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:29:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-19T18:29:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-23T20:12:29+00:00** Notification that HB1004 is now Act 429 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df2b4fc3-0019-4b21-acaf-5d26045227f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).