---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE JUSTICE FOR VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE ACT; TO REMOVE THE AGE LIMITATION FOR A VULNERABLE VICTIM TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION; AND TO AMEND THE COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR A CIVIL ACTION."
description: "TO AMEND THE JUSTICE FOR VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE ACT; TO REMOVE THE AGE LIMITATION FOR A VULNERABLE VICTIM TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION; AND TO AMEND THE COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR A CIVIL ACTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Arkansas SB 204 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-06T20:16:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:36:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8499c026-935b-48cb-b1fb-dbccf028d8b5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "21a48e117f29a151c1bad216b11d0f50b3ffe5e17816724407fa7898342b793e"
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 204 (2023) — TO AMEND THE JUSTICE FOR VULNERABLE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE ACT; TO REMOVE THE AGE LIMITATION FOR A VULNERABLE VICTIM TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION; AND TO AMEND THE COMMENCEMENT DATE FOR A CIVIL ACTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=616.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB204.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06T20:16:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T20:53:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:23:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T17:33:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T17:33:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-16T19:18:59+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-16T22:38:04+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`
- **2023-04-04T18:31:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:07:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:07:52+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:15:03+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:15:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:39:41+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:39:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:36:00+00:00** Notification that SB204 is now Act 616 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8499c026-935b-48cb-b1fb-dbccf028d8b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).