---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A COURT TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF FACTORS SUCH AS TRAUMA AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM ON A PERSON WHO COMMITTED A CRIME AS A MINOR DURING A TRANSFER OR SENTENCING HEARING."
description: "TO REQUIRE A COURT TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF FACTORS SUCH AS TRAUMA AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM ON A PERSON WHO COMMITTED A CRIME AS A MINOR DURING A TRANSFER OR SENTENCING HEARING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "Arkansas SB 458 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clowney", "G. Leding"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-13T21:01:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:52:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/845b0880-e6ed-4e76-b92f-607764eb853c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "926818674321f2d7f4e021c17be40aaca227c551029f35e2bdf153d0799a1200"
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 458 (2025) — TO REQUIRE A COURT TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF FACTORS SUCH AS TRAUMA AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM ON A PERSON WHO COMMITTED A CRIME AS A MINOR DURING A TRANSFER OR SENTENCING HEARING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 988** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=988.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB458-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB458-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 458** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB458.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clowney — primary (person)
- G. Leding — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13T21:01:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T22:36:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T01:44:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:34:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:34:22+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T22:24:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T20:05:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:05:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-08T21:55:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:48:56+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`
- **2025-04-09T13:36:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:36:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:04:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T19:16:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T23:49:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T23:49:49+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T01:14:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-15T18:31:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-15T18:31:18+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T18:31:26+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-15T18:31:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:31:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:38:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:38:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:52:04+00:00** Notification that SB458 is now Act 988 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/845b0880-e6ed-4e76-b92f-607764eb853c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).