---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM SUPPORT FUND; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SAFE HARBOR FUND FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN."
description: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM SUPPORT FUND; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SAFE HARBOR FUND FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1502"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1502 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-24T22:40:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:50:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89a402bc-8ed1-42ba-8505-37bc7f1a72ee"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b689a82cdf8031ad2982dace61bb4dc88ab4e7c09bd224e23c9ad1b23aacc9af"
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 1502 (2023) — TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM SUPPORT FUND; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SAFE HARBOR FUND FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=722.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1502-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1502** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1502.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24T22:40:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T23:04:57+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`
- **2023-03-28T23:00:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T13:38:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T13:38:17+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29T16:29:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T19:44:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:38:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:38:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:16:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T17:50:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T17:50:20+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:14:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:14:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:28:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:50:18+00:00** Notification that HB1502 is now Act 722 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89a402bc-8ed1-42ba-8505-37bc7f1a72ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).