---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Arkansas SB 282 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T17:19:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:18:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef89614c-5904-4f81-9cec-35330bd28cc3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "399df3e43cd5fb0de5499574bc48294f51c94408d48b6f51c9d4671f32798e0c"
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 282 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=354.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB282.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

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T17:19:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T19:03:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:29:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T18:07:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T18:07:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-02T20:19:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-02T22:39:46+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`
- **2023-03-14T18:10:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:40:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:40:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:18+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:53:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:53:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:18:32+00:00** Notification that SB282 is now Act 354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef89614c-5904-4f81-9cec-35330bd28cc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).