---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD."
description: "TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Arkansas SB 431 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "R. Scott Richardson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T20:41:26+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:51:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358c3374-0b8a-426f-becc-63b8072ddef2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0cce75bd94306619be4d9769eb83d9c0378e77a9a44fbdc7e7f637b34d503afa"
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 431 (2025) — TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 987** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=987.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB431-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB431-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB431-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB431.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T20:41:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T21:17:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:35:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T14:07:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T14:07:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:58:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T19:34:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:34:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:59:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:43:56+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:09:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T21:35:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T21:35:17+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T22:14:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T22:15:04+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T19:15:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T23:43:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T23:43:16+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:13:51+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-15T18:28:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T18:28:35+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T18:28:39+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T18:28:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:28:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:35:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:35:40+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:51:47+00:00** Notification that SB431 is now Act 987 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/358c3374-0b8a-426f-becc-63b8072ddef2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).