---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT BY CERTAIN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE; AND TO ALLOW A CLAIM TO BE BROUGHT FOR INJURY CAUSED BY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AT ANY TIME IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT BY CERTAIN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE; AND TO ALLOW A CLAIM TO BE BROUGHT FOR INJURY CAUSED BY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AT ANY TIME IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Arkansas SB 13 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-18T16:55:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-17T19:34:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/212afffc-d18d-4d29-9e46-4b05970adfc4"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e6f1099c4345b3e9e661f0494a562f2d9dc19f8e1c067ae4c13fa2c3e4c9127"
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 13 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CIVIL ACTIONS BROUGHT BY CERTAIN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE; AND TO ALLOW A CLAIM TO BE BROUGHT FOR INJURY CAUSED BY CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AT ANY TIME IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=49.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB13.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18T16:55:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T19:04:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T19:33:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-23T17:08:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T17:09:16+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-01-23T18:18:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-01-23T22:37:57+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`
- **2025-02-04T17:07:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T21:11:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T21:11:48+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-06T23:39:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-06T23:39:34+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-10T23:40:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-10T23:41:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-17T19:34:40+00:00** Notification that SB13 is now Act 49 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/212afffc-d18d-4d29-9e46-4b05970adfc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).