---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING A SEX OFFENDER'S ABILITY TO RESIDE WITH A MINOR."
description: "CONCERNING A SEX OFFENDER'S ABILITY TO RESIDE WITH A MINOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1507"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1507 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wooten"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T18:54:36+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:03:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8be2ec1-dc0a-49c4-b031-548432945f73"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9a27ccd49791262ac939b094385f5f44aa09f4e8b0739c62b5aac4d375fc07f6"
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 1507 (2021) — CONCERNING A SEX OFFENDER'S ABILITY TO RESIDE WITH A MINOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1507** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1507.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wooten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T18:54:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:06:32+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`
- **2021-03-16T21:57:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T20:30:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T22:41:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-17T22:42:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T18:27:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:00:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:00:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:15:28+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:15:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T13:43:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:03:36+00:00** Notification that HB1507 is now Act 499 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8be2ec1-dc0a-49c4-b031-548432945f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).