---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL SOLICITATION; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL SOLICITATION; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "Arkansas SB 314 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duke", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26T18:41:06+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:50:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69aa408b-e1d5-4236-b242-342f313497cf"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e6f592dfa7ace8fc7d82bb36b8b82d82f81db6130672234220dcd450fda030a1"
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 314 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL SOLICITATION; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=661.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB314.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Duke — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Henley — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26T18:41:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T19:48:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T23:58:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T20:20:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T20:20:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-12T22:00:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-12T23:18:15+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:07:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T01:18:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:18:29+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:06:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:06:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:11:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:11:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:50:37+00:00** Notification that SB314 is now Act 661 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69aa408b-e1d5-4236-b242-342f313497cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).