---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE OFFENSE OF LOITERING."
description: "TO AMEND THE OFFENSE OF LOITERING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Arkansas SB 271 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T17:21:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:25:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b763a625-04df-4051-8431-307378222130"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0cb0b4a48d3c45e496726faef84ddb1dbaec0d29fdb360322d5b8e2da5be1def"
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 271 (2023) — TO AMEND THE OFFENSE OF LOITERING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=255.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB271.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T17:21:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T19:30:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:25:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23T18:15:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T18:16:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-23T20:20:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-23T21:57:16+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`
- **2023-03-02T18:58:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T20:15:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T20:15:09+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:52:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:52:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T22:02:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-07T22:03:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:25:41+00:00** Notification that SB271 is now Act 255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b763a625-04df-4051-8431-307378222130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).