---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO PROVIDE A STATUTE OF LIMITATION PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOR A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
description: "CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO PROVIDE A STATUTE OF LIMITATION PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOR A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Arkansas SB 428 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T20:37:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:51:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41e432e-9ed3-4425-9ad3-1e24f155af50"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "960ac4bad251dd0a1d153d8bd2fc152c39548a7ce46e68d76fe7c473e0ebf881"
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 428 (2025) — CONCERNING A CIVIL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO PROVIDE A STATUTE OF LIMITATION PERIOD OF TEN YEARS FOR A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 664** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=664.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 428** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB428.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T20:37:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T21:16:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:33:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T19:28:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:28:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:58:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:43:20+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:09:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T01:39:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:39:26+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:10:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:10:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:12:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:12:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:51:42+00:00** Notification that SB428 is now Act 664 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41e432e-9ed3-4425-9ad3-1e24f155af50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).