---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE A SAFETY VALVE AND APPEAL RIGHT FOR A MINOR DEFENDANT WHO IS ALSO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013."
description: "TO PROVIDE A SAFETY VALVE AND APPEAL RIGHT FOR A MINOR DEFENDANT WHO IS ALSO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 620"
citation: "Arkansas SB 620 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-03T17:55:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:53:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/305b78dd-1d32-4212-9a55-df300cbeef20"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "425d9330b53bd276feac297af1730c72b3e5f010d696709c8967faf875b18611"
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 620 (2025) — TO PROVIDE A SAFETY VALVE AND APPEAL RIGHT FOR A MINOR DEFENDANT WHO IS ALSO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 1003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1003.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB620-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB620.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03T17:55:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T19:45:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:48:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T22:25:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T22:25:41+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-09T00:07:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-09T01:54:13+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`
- **2025-04-10T19:19:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T18:47:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-14T18:47:05+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-14T19:58:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-15T20:21:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:22:09+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T23:53:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-16T14:25:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-16T14:25:17+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-16T14:25:24+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-16T14:25:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T14:25:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T19:22:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T19:22:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:53:42+00:00** Notification that SB620 is now Act 1003 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/305b78dd-1d32-4212-9a55-df300cbeef20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).