---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN COMMITTED BY A MINOR."
description: "CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN COMMITTED BY A MINOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1651 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "McCullough"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-04T21:16:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:44:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c05ff74e-45ed-427e-bf1d-964b6fb70767"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "35592a4a12a700804089cd91389b15606399adb66d8d98b4c949c569615803fc"
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 1651 (2021) — CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN COMMITTED BY A MINOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1651-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1651** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1651.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- McCullough — primary (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T21:16:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-04T22:49:24+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`
- **2021-03-18T23:29:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T18:48:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T22:18:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T22:18:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:27:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T18:23:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T18:24:08+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-31T20:46:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T20:15:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T20:16:04+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-01T22:15:20+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-05T18:20:30+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-05T18:20:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:13:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:44:32+00:00** Notification that HB1651 is now Act 615 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c05ff74e-45ed-427e-bf1d-964b6fb70767`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).