---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS; AND TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF ARKANSAS FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS AND PEDOPHILES."
description: "TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS; AND TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF ARKANSAS FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS AND PEDOPHILES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1740"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1740 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-15T20:25:45+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T21:09:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e5bca9-3040-434c-82ba-bb361141e389"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8d0efc5e3968af156d022cdaa0ce72aa7766abe52cc94348dddc0d0f596676a4"
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 1740 (2021) — TO COMBAT SEX TRAFFICKING OF MINORS; AND TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF ARKANSAS FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS AND PEDOPHILES.

## 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%2FHB1740-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1740-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1740** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1740.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bledsoe — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T20:25:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T22:04:35+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`
- **2021-03-31T01:30:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T13:34:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T13:34:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-01T17:00:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:38:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:50:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:50:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:53:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as Amended #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:31:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:31:33+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T20:49:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T21:15:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:16:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:01:02+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:01:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T18:20:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:38:45+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:38:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:10:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T21:09:29+00:00** Notification that HB1740 is now Act 1098 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e5bca9-3040-434c-82ba-bb361141e389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).