---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXPAND THE SEALING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS; AND TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY NO-CONTACT ORDER IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE."
description: "TO EXPAND THE SEALING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS; AND TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY NO-CONTACT ORDER IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Arkansas SB 429 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Joey Carr"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T20:38:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:52:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12a66aa5-3eed-4c93-8427-bbd1c6ef0928"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b4a399b1c3b9e3fc9775f70ae2fe5d35964d6c69e9b16bf9be4c077e292ab987"
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 429 (2025) — TO EXPAND THE SEALING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS; AND TO PROVIDE A MANDATORY NO-CONTACT ORDER IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=665.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 429** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB429.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Joey Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11T20:38:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T21:16:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:34:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T19:30:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:30:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:59:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:43:32+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:09:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T01:40:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:40:49+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:11:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:11:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:12:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:13:00+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:52:02+00:00** Notification that SB429 is now Act 665 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12a66aa5-3eed-4c93-8427-bbd1c6ef0928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).