---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL."
description: "TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1529 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19T20:13:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:33:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5636ee-0480-4223-b6d9-527f47a2afe4"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d2c9b25da8d0638d7821228aff499bab08d2ce040fb00807661b1084e1236537"
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 1529 (2025) — TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 827** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=827.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1529-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1529-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1529** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1529.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19T20:13:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-19T22:36:04+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`
- **2025-03-19T13:32:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:32:20+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:18:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T19:03:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T13:38:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:38:26+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07T16:23:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T19:35:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T03:30:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-09T03:30:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:25:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T17:17:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:17:51+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:14:07+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:14:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:11:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:33:23+00:00** Notification that HB1529 is now Act 827 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5636ee-0480-4223-b6d9-527f47a2afe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).