---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD."
description: "TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Arkansas SB 270 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15T16:56:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:37:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/510e0e6e-1b09-487a-984d-d1ab078a8a35"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "87adc59b507acfbef2df428f33cf62dbce2d8b1ab23381aab45f92d3b2e9e40c"
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 270 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=619.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB270-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB270-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB270-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB270-S3.pdf)
6. **SB 270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB270.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **19–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T16:56:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T19:30:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T14:24:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-22T14:24:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T14:25:07+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-22T19:19:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T19:19:59+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:33:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:36:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T19:36:49+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T20:43:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T20:22:47+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T14:20:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2023-03-02T14:20:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-02T14:20:24+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-02T17:37:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-02T17:37:41+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:23:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T20:07:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T20:08:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-07T22:05:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-07T22:43:23+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`
- **2023-03-28T23:02:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T13:38:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T13:38:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29T16:26:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T21:23:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:24:00+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T16:55:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
- **2023-03-31T16:55:19+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:56:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T18:07:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T18:07:27+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-04T18:07:31+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-04T18:07:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T18:07:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:40:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:40:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:37:40+00:00** Notification that SB270 is now Act 619 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/510e0e6e-1b09-487a-984d-d1ab078a8a35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).