---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM TO AID IN THE SEARCH OF MISSING CHILDREN WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ACTIVATION OF THE ARKANSAS AMBER ALERT SYSTEM."
description: "TO ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM TO AID IN THE SEARCH OF MISSING CHILDREN WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ACTIVATION OF THE ARKANSAS AMBER ALERT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 371"
citation: "Arkansas SB 371 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "J. Scott"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T19:07:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:48:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d803ea86-6e82-433e-a12c-c8a8dab54861"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "27b96bcb08b9448bb950e6e9e0ca2e1c5a53db5c2a318118861bfd6a4db270cd"
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 371 (2025) — TO ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM TO AID IN THE SEARCH OF MISSING CHILDREN WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ACTIVATION OF THE ARKANSAS AMBER ALERT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 653** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=653.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB371-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB371-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB371-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 371** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB371.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- J. Scott — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T19:07:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T19:47:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T13:02:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-12T13:02:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T18:35:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-12T18:36:00+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T00:21:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20T19:03:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-20T19:03:24+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T20:40:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T20:03:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T20:03:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-31T22:38:15+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-01T02:21:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T18:54:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T19:02:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T19:02:26+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T19:20:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T02:06:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:07:03+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-08T18:22:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T18:57:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T18:57:50+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-09T18:58:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T18:58:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T18:58:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:11:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:11:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:48:54+00:00** Notification that SB371 is now Act 653 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d803ea86-6e82-433e-a12c-c8a8dab54861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).