republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/sb-66.md

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Bill	TO CREATE THE PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL ACT; TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY FOR THE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET; AND TO REQUIRE REASONABLE AGE VERIFICATION.	TO CREATE THE PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL ACT; TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY FOR THE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET; AND TO REQUIRE REASONABLE AGE VERIFICATION.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	SB 66	Arkansas SB 66 (2023)	bill		enacted	Dees McAlindon	6	56	5	2023-01-17T17:12:21+00:00	2023-04-11T20:33:29+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ddd79cc5-ee07-480b-b00c-dc2ec415d8ee	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	d1841181a56a8be4abfe23ad79978e773db4ae770d2cdee57cdc78f995481195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 66 (2023) — TO CREATE THE PROTECTION OF MINORS FROM DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL MATERIAL ACT; TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY FOR THE PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL HARMFUL TO MINORS ON THE INTERNET; AND TO REQUIRE REASONABLE AGE VERIFICATION.

Version chain

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

1. Act 612 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment H3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 66 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 77–4 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dees — primary (person)
• McAlindon — primary (person)
• Bentley — cosponsor (person)
• C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
• Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Haak — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Long — cosponsor (person)
• Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
• McGrew — cosponsor (person)
• Rose — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17T17:12:21+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-01-17T19:14:36+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30T19:36:54+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
• 2023-01-30T19:36:58+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-01-30T19:37:03+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-01-30T19:37:12+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-01-30T20:38:46+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-01-30T20:38:55+00:00 Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-01-31T17:50:54+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-01T19:25:24+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-01T19:25:33+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2023-02-01T21:59:11+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2023-02-01T22:23:26+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09T14:33:51+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-09T14:33:53+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-09T16:04:56+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-01T19:25:25+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 committee-passage
• 2023-03-02T14:33:15+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-02T14:33:17+00:00 Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-03-02T16:10:15+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-07T20:12:53+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-07T20:12:57+00:00 Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-03-07T21:18:51+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-07T21:18:58+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES referral-committee
• 2023-03-08T18:31:33+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-14T20:20:07+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-14T20:20:25+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 & 3
• 2023-03-14T21:53:08+00:00 Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 & 3
• 2023-03-14T21:53:47+00:00 Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-03-28T18:46:06+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1, 2, & 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29T19:52:08+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-29T19:52:22+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 & 2 & 3 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-03-29T19:52:43+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-03-29T19:52:54+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-29T19:53:08+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-03-30T15:47:05+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-03-30T15:47:07+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-03T19:05:00+00:00 Requested the return of Senate Bill 66 from the Governor.
• 2023-04-03T19:05:05+00:00 Senate Bill 66 returned from the Governor as requested.
• 2023-04-03T19:07:59+00:00 Motion to Expunge passage and House amendments 1, 2, & 3. Motion Carried.
• 2023-04-03T19:08:15+00:00 Returned to the House as requested.
• 2023-04-03T19:53:25+00:00 Returned From the Senate as requested.
• 2023-04-03T20:19:07+00:00 The vote by which SB66 Passed was expunged.
• 2023-04-05T00:28:24+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-05T00:28:38+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1, 2 & 3
• 2023-04-05T03:40:16+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2023-04-05T17:14:20+00:00 Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1, 2, & 3
• 2023-04-05T20:05:43+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-04-05T20:06:28+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-04-05T20:06:40+00:00 House Amendment No. 1, 2, & 3 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-04-05T20:06:45+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-04-05T20:06:53+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-05T20:07:01+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-04-06T14:38:32+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-04-06T14:38:35+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-11T20:33:29+00:00 Notification that SB66 is now Act 612 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddd79cc5-ee07-480b-b00c-dc2ec415d8ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).