---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREATING A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A COMMERCIAL WEBSITE OPERATOR THAT POSTS INCORRECT OR INACCURATE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON."
description: "CREATING A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A COMMERCIAL WEBSITE OPERATOR THAT POSTS INCORRECT OR INACCURATE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Arkansas SB 381 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clowney", "Elliott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-23T20:34:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:22:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce59297-a2ed-4b4c-ba1a-5a0bc1b1e7d4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8590cf80a48bbcb4a9df3b8d96743b96a266b7d6ae8ef36cc8c5b9229592af67"
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 SB 381 (2021) — CREATING A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST A COMMERCIAL WEBSITE OPERATOR THAT POSTS INCORRECT OR INACCURATE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON.

## 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%2FSB381-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 381** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB381.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clowney — primary (person)
- Elliott — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T20:34:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T22:15:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T21:51:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:32:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T18:32:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-17T21:25:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-17T21:59:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:59:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13T19:41:48+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passed
- **2021-04-13T19:41:56+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T16:32:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T13:35:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T13:35:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:23:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T19:46:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:47:02+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:26:45+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:27:48+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T16:51:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T19:07:19+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T19:07:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T19:07:25+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T19:07:30+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T19:07:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:07:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T19:12:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T19:12:24+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:22:45+00:00** Notification that SB381 is now Act 1045 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce59297-a2ed-4b4c-ba1a-5a0bc1b1e7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).