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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS FELONIES INVOLVING VIOLENCE."
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description: "TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS FELONIES INVOLVING VIOLENCE."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 426"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 426 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "Hester"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-11T20:13:04+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-18T20:49:15+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fda58652-1228-42cc-a740-a9a3e64ce882"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "6fbc43b26b8ff1d284280b0599b0a6095a96b74a5b3e1f00fa3ef48042717b44"
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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 SB 426 (2025) — TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS FELONIES INVOLVING VIOLENCE.
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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. **Act 654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=654.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB426-S1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB426-S2.pdf)
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4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB426-S3.pdf)
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5. **SB 426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB426.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
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- Hester — primary (person)
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- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Childress — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean — cosponsor (person)
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- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
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- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
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- Painter — cosponsor (person)
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- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- Stone — cosponsor (person)
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- Torres — cosponsor (person)
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- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Unger — cosponsor (person)
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- Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-11T20:13:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-03-11T21:15:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20T19:05:33+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-03-20T19:05:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2025-03-20T19:05:46+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-03-20T20:40:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-20T22:13:23+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31T22:32:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01T14:05:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-01T14:06:00+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-01T18:57:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-02T18:18:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-02T18:18:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-02T18:18:13+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-04-02T19:11:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-04-02T19:11:55+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-02T19:19:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02T19:20:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-04-02T21:58:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-04-03T00:42:50+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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- **2025-04-09T01:08:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-10T01:25:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10T01:25:28+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-04-10T04:09:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2025-04-10T04:09:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-10T13:12:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-10T13:12:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-18T20:49:15+00:00** Notification that SB426 is now Act 654 `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/fda58652-1228-42cc-a740-a9a3e64ce882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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