---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPLACE THE TERM \"CHILD PORNOGRAPHY\" WITH THE TERM \"CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL\" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE."
description: "TO REPLACE THE TERM \"CHILD PORNOGRAPHY\" WITH THE TERM \"CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL\" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1028"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1028 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Petty"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-06T16:16:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-30T22:16:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d01a035-d787-494a-925d-8c1eb5850f04"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2d8ec3bebeedf38c3834d683a07a1540e24a6332ce182ae58b0e6b2e4f6cf948"
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 HB 1028 (2023) — TO REPLACE THE TERM "CHILD PORNOGRAPHY" WITH THE TERM "CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL" IN THE ARKANSAS CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=21.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1028** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1028.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- J. Petty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06T16:16:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:55:58+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T19:19:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T17:45:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T18:43:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-19T18:44:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:09:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T17:14:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T17:14:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:04:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:04:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-01-26T20:04:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-01-30T22:16:24+00:00** Notification that HB1028 is now Act 21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d01a035-d787-494a-925d-8c1eb5850f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).