---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE BRIBING OR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A CHILD IN THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE BRIBING OR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A CHILD IN THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1777 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-13T18:35:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:58:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a184dd-a925-46a8-bef5-a9acfda533e6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fc52e1bd7eee5a77f8e137c862098b3891f2e6025bc85905199ffbf057c91d1c"
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 1777 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE BRIBING OR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE A CHILD IN THE OFFENSE OF SEXUALLY GROOMING A CHILD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 683** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=683.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1777-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1777** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1777.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13T18:35:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T22:20:03+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`
- **2025-03-20T19:57:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:45:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:24:28+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:24:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:53:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T18:54:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-08T18:54:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T20:00:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T01:06:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:07:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T01:52:45+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T19:49:22+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:49:25+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T19:49:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:58:11+00:00** Notification that HB1777 is now Act 683 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a184dd-a925-46a8-bef5-a9acfda533e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).