---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER; AND TO ADD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE TO THE OFFENSES FOR WHICH A COURT MAY ISSUE AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER; AND TO ADD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE TO THE OFFENSES FOR WHICH A COURT MAY ISSUE AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1628"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1628 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T22:53:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:48:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4595aa64-9ee4-45a0-996c-9edb01ebadcc"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f1372d297c9a624b28b4c81dd0a83a11e6d4cd59cf3cf04d81f0169f7b6a1a7e"
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 1628 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER; AND TO ADD SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE SECOND DEGREE TO THE OFFENSES FOR WHICH A COURT MAY ISSUE AN EXTENDED POST-CONVICTION NO CONTACT ORDER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 367** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=367.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1628** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1628.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T22:53:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-27T23:20:21+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`
- **2025-03-06T21:44:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:41:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:48:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:48:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:46:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T21:06:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T21:06:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:47:13+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:47:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:29:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:48:02+00:00** Notification that HB1628 is now Act 367 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4595aa64-9ee4-45a0-996c-9edb01ebadcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).