---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE DURING THE COMMISSION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING OFFENSE."
description: "TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE DURING THE COMMISSION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING OFFENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1763"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1763 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Underwood"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12T19:53:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:57:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca92c155-6235-4f06-a89c-6ba8ad8eaaa5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3edf224f6899f5a18925ffdd5be40e5066fc75dd9abc4cc1d7d6370df040be63"
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 1763 (2025) — TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE DURING THE COMMISSION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING OFFENSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=682.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1763** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1763.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-12T19:53:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T23:14:36+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`
- **2025-04-01T18:25:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T20:01:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:46:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:46:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:54:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T01:05:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:06:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:46:29+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:46:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T15:30:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:57:30+00:00** Notification that HB1763 is now Act 682 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca92c155-6235-4f06-a89c-6ba8ad8eaaa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).