---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO A VICTIM OF A SEX OFFENDER'S APPLICATION TO TERMINATE AN OBLIGATION TO REGISTER."
description: "REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO A VICTIM OF A SEX OFFENDER'S APPLICATION TO TERMINATE AN OBLIGATION TO REGISTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Arkansas SB 96 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Milligan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:27:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:34:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08097b43-8699-4efd-9690-02d53707bcf1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f99eb001bacd54b89fc073907ea91c70e7a8d073d1402d208b754cb752e09b9a"
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 96 (2023) — REGARDING THE TERMINATION OF THE OBLIGATION TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER; AND TO REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO A VICTIM OF A SEX OFFENDER'S APPLICATION TO TERMINATE AN OBLIGATION TO REGISTER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=613.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB96-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 96** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB96.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Milligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T20:27:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T21:08:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T13:07:58+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-29T13:08:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T13:08:06+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T18:25:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T18:25:27+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:54:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T21:24:24+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-03T21:24:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T21:24:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T23:12:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:41:07+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`
- **2023-04-04T18:32:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:10:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:11:01+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:14:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:14:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:39:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:39:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:34:26+00:00** Notification that SB96 is now Act 613 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08097b43-8699-4efd-9690-02d53707bcf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).