republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/sb-270.md

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Bill	TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.	TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	SB 270	Arkansas SB 270 (2023)	bill		enacted	Crawford J. Payton	6	39	3	2023-02-15T16:56:22+00:00	2023-04-11T20:37:40+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/510e0e6e-1b09-487a-984d-d1ab078a8a35	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	87adc59b507acfbef2df428f33cf62dbce2d8b1ab23381aab45f92d3b2e9e40c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 270 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF SEXUAL INDECENCY WITH A CHILD.

Version chain

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

1. Act 619 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 270 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 83–0 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 19–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Crawford — primary (person)
• J. Payton — primary (person)
• B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Stone — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15T16:56:22+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-02-15T19:30:37+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-02-22T14:24:55+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
• 2023-02-22T14:24:59+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-22T14:25:07+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-02-22T19:19:52+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-22T19:19:59+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-02-27T19:33:23+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-28T19:36:43+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-28T19:36:49+00:00 Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-02-28T20:43:34+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-01T20:22:47+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-03-02T14:20:16+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
• 2023-03-02T14:20:18+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-02T14:20:24+00:00 Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-03-02T17:37:33+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-02T17:37:41+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-03-06T19:23:25+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-07T20:07:52+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-07T20:08:01+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2023-03-07T22:05:50+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2023-03-07T22:43:23+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
• 2023-03-28T23:02:00+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
• 2023-03-29T13:38:25+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-29T13:38:27+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29T16:26:05+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-30T21:23:31+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T21:24:00+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2023-03-31T16:55:00+00:00 Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
• 2023-03-31T16:55:19+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-04-03T17:56:01+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-04T18:07:19+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-04-04T18:07:27+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-04-04T18:07:31+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-04-04T18:07:37+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-04T18:07:53+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-04-06T14:40:34+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-04-06T14:40:38+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-11T20:37:40+00:00 Notification that SB270 is now Act 619 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/510e0e6e-1b09-487a-984d-d1ab078a8a35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).