---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS TO THE LIST OF OFFENSES INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF SEX OFFENSE FOR RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF A CRIME."
description: "TO ADD TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS TO THE LIST OF OFFENSES INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF SEX OFFENSE FOR RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF A CRIME."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1581"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1581 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henley", "J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T19:58:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T18:59:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/610ccdf9-f85e-421e-9f0f-60cf61190c85"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5016610ae20ace36a618060c3170553b6a53b9426df8ff6cbd2ef543287bcc46"
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 1581 (2025) — TO ADD TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS TO THE LIST OF OFFENSES INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF SEX OFFENSE FOR RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF A CRIME.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 316** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=316.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1581.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Henley — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T19:58:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T23:05:39+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`
- **2025-03-04T18:30:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:53:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:24:09+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:24:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T00:02:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11T20:39:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T20:39:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-11T21:35:46+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-11T21:35:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-12T13:01:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-18T18:59:35+00:00** Notification that HB1581 is now Act 316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/610ccdf9-f85e-421e-9f0f-60cf61190c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).