republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/hb-1554.md

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Bill	TO ESTABLISH SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO ESTABLISH AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.	TO ESTABLISH SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO ESTABLISH AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	HB 1554	Arkansas HB 1554 (2021)	bill		enacted	B. Ballinger Penzo	5	28	3	2021-02-24T19:46:48+00:00	2021-05-03T21:15:49+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/09736f40-c9ba-49af-ad21-0335c1a4b479	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	ce0efd6de48d35f48c52c5a612716b7e2af3ce29d1365a970d0d9bffecf576de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1554 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO ESTABLISH AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H3 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB 1554 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 33–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Ballinger — primary (person)
• Penzo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24T19:46:48+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-02-24T22:38:41+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
• 2021-03-02T14:36:43+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-03-02T14:36:46+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-03-02T16:57:38+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-03-09T14:33:41+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-03-09T14:33:44+00:00 Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-03-09T18:55:12+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-13T23:14:28+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3 committee-passage
• 2021-04-15T13:33:54+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-15T13:33:57+00:00 Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-15T18:22:33+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-19T19:20:29+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-19T22:27:56+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2021-04-19T22:29:35+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21T18:20:59+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22T18:28:22+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-22T18:28:32+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-04-22T21:35:25+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-23T01:02:58+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23T01:03:40+00:00 Returned to the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1.
• 2021-04-23T01:52:29+00:00 Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2021-04-23T01:52:41+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE referral-committee
• 2021-04-26T16:13:57+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 committee-passage
• 2021-04-27T16:34:39+00:00 Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
• 2021-04-27T16:34:41+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2021-04-28T16:29:03+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2021-05-03T21:15:49+00:00 Notification that HB1554 is now Act 1106 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09736f40-c9ba-49af-ad21-0335c1a4b479. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).