---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIBRARIES AND OBSCENE MATERIALS; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING A HARMFUL ITEM TO A MINOR; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OBSCENE MATERIALS LOANED BY A LIBRARY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIBRARIES AND OBSCENE MATERIALS; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING A HARMFUL ITEM TO A MINOR; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OBSCENE MATERIALS LOANED BY A LIBRARY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Arkansas SB 81 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Gonzales"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-19T22:00:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:32:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d901c895-9e6f-4236-800a-7707861c90e1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9e1ef437b6755ea4e1c083462c85eb311915c9056477cfa17c9abbed53d0197e"
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 81 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LIBRARIES AND OBSCENE MATERIALS; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF FURNISHING A HARMFUL ITEM TO A MINOR; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OBSCENE MATERIALS LOANED BY A LIBRARY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=372.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB81-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB81-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB81-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 81** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB81.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **56–25** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Gonzales — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T22:00:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T19:19:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T14:16:36+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-15T14:16:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T14:16:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-15T19:18:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-15T20:04:55+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T19:29:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21T19:43:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-21T19:43:43+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-21T20:12:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T20:15:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:15:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-22T20:52:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-22T22:33:53+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`
- **2023-03-09T18:15:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T13:32:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T13:32:39+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13T15:34:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T20:18:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:18:49+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-15T23:40:17+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-15T23:41:26+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:36:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:01:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T19:01:48+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-28T19:01:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-28T19:02:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:02:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:49:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:49:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:32:28+00:00** Notification that SB81 is now Act 372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d901c895-9e6f-4236-800a-7707861c90e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).