---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE AVAILABLE SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENSES INVOLVING A CHILD."
description: "CONCERNING THE AVAILABLE SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENSES INVOLVING A CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1934"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1934 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-14T21:00:07+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:14:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c74bb82c-52a2-4441-96b8-276322d00ade"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "74caedf29a6a29aab5a458dc1c366b147ec9e5e33462eada561e98000e10a29c"
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 1934 (2021) — CONCERNING THE AVAILABLE SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENSES INVOLVING A CHILD.

## 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%2FHB1934-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1934** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1934.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **76–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to remove bill from committee and place on supplemental calendar passed — **72–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14T21:00:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-14T22:10:53+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`
- **2021-04-20T22:42:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T18:40:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T00:12:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-22T00:12:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:25:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T19:31:55+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T19:32:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T19:32:10+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-26T19:32:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-27T16:48:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:48:26+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-27T17:04:57+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-27T17:04:58+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T20:58:33+00:00** Motion to remove bill from committee and place on supplemental calendar passed
- **2021-04-27T20:59:56+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-04-27T21:28:10+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T21:28:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:22:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-05-03T21:14:26+00:00** Notification that HB1934 is now Act 1102 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c74bb82c-52a2-4441-96b8-276322d00ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).