---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1997 TO INCLUDE DISCLOSURE OF A SEX OFFENDER'S ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1997 TO INCLUDE DISCLOSURE OF A SEX OFFENDER'S ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1004"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1004 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "Ray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-11-17T20:37:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-09T22:23:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a74f519-5641-4e00-91da-6b909e823a90"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f88d6c9bfad3ab52e73c7e5cbcfb277f52832eee7e36330223b0c026c7d641c7"
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 1004 (2023) — TO AMEND THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1997 TO INCLUDE DISCLOSURE OF A SEX OFFENDER'S ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=37.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1004-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1004-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1004-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1004** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1004.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–9** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-17T20:37:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:50:03+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`
- **2023-01-10T14:33:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-10T14:33:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-10T16:07:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-23T14:31:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:31:28+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23T16:58:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-30T14:38:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:38:32+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:08:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-31T17:22:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T20:22:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:22:31+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-01T21:42:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:42:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T19:15:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07T19:48:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T19:48:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-07T19:49:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:18:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T20:45:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-09T22:23:23+00:00** Notification that HB1004 is now Act 37 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a74f519-5641-4e00-91da-6b909e823a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).