---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY."
description: "TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1071 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "R. Scott Richardson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-19T17:50:40+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-26T22:08:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1353b52-28eb-46a6-8998-e2a8475d41ec"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b5db82220f1b5f881d1b1b24a433a94d87c003327d8aaa8345cd780d7a791a8a"
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 1071 (2025) — TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 159** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=159.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1071-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1071** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1071.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-19T17:50:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T21:15:03+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`
- **2025-01-23T16:19:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T19:41:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T20:29:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-01-27T20:30:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T14:19:54+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-11T14:20:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-11T19:37:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-11T19:37:54+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T19:43:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13T17:12:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T17:19:29+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-13T19:42:31+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-13T19:42:38+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T18:05:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T19:40:28+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-02-19T19:40:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:28:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:50:40+00:00** Notification that HB1071 is now Act 159 `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-26T22:08:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1353b52-28eb-46a6-8998-e2a8475d41ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).