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type: "Bill"
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title: "CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"PERSON\" IN THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE."
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description: "CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF \"PERSON\" IN THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1646"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1646 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cloud", "Rapert"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-04T19:45:36+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:27+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de50f23f-dea2-4beb-86f2-07d7650a1ba9"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "a4eed3b680d98f9f8921c6a5f1691c4cd6d9a3bf4eca2dc8dbf1afbfb041e89c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1646 (2021) — CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF "PERSON" IN THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1646-H1.pdf)
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2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1646-H2.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1646-H3.pdf)
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4. **HB 1646** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1646.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–4** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cloud — primary (person)
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- Rapert — primary (person)
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- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
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- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
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- Hill — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Payton — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Slape — cosponsor (person)
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- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-04T19:45:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-03-04T22:48:10+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`
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- **2021-03-09T14:31:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-09T14:31:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-09T18:54:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-15T13:35:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-15T13:35:17+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-15T16:47:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-29T13:57:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-29T13:57:15+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-29T18:02:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-04-01T22:24:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-05T19:17:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-05T21:39:04+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-05T21:39:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20T18:21:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-21T20:59:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21T20:59:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-04-21T22:30:36+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-21T22:30:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-22T14:14:31+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-26T18:18:27+00:00** Notification that HB1646 is now Act 931 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de50f23f-dea2-4beb-86f2-07d7650a1ba9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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