---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RELATED OFFENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RELATED OFFENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1459 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T18:48:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:27:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e64b2c34-2d5b-4014-aeb2-d9d572c8eea3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1e34c2a99511035249f869f93e906f39560f1fadf5b8259625dc5e02421d68ad"
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 1459 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RELATED OFFENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=327.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1459-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1459.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T18:48:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T23:23:57+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`
- **2023-03-06T14:36:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:36:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T16:36:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T18:16:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T19:19:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:48:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:48:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:32:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T19:29:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:29:31+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:25:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:25:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-17T14:01:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:27:32+00:00** Notification that HB1459 is now Act 327 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e64b2c34-2d5b-4014-aeb2-d9d572c8eea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).