---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET BEFORE A SEX OFFENDER CAN HAVE HIS OR HER OBLIGATION TO REGISTER TERMINATED."
description: "CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET BEFORE A SEX OFFENDER CAN HAVE HIS OR HER OBLIGATION TO REGISTER TERMINATED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1653"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1653 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCullough"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-04T21:21:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-25T18:12:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9273271-ce43-4b3d-8683-faa8c5075901"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aaeac6e2e916bcafeb8b7a6b787ac65000393fd9f08d2702e056ee882be38362"
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 1653 (2021) — CONCERNING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET BEFORE A SEX OFFENDER CAN HAVE HIS OR HER OBLIGATION TO REGISTER TERMINATED.

## 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%2FHB1653-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1653** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1653.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCullough — primary (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04T21:21:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-04T22:49:52+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`
- **2021-03-18T23:29:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T13:34:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:34:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:31:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-23T20:44:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T19:06:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T19:07:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:30:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20T21:05:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:16:00+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1653 passed. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-20T21:16:05+00:00** The vote by which HB1653 Passed was expunged.
- **2021-04-20T21:16:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:16:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:08:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:08:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T15:21:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-25T18:12:38+00:00** Notification that HB1653 is now Act 881 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9273271-ce43-4b3d-8683-faa8c5075901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).