republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/sb-431.md

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Bill	TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD.	TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2025	SB 431	Arkansas SB 431 (2025)	bill		enacted	J. Bryant R. Scott Richardson	5	27	0	2025-03-11T20:41:26+00:00	2025-04-23T21:51:47+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/358c3374-0b8a-426f-becc-63b8072ddef2	https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt	0cce75bd94306619be4d9769eb83d9c0378e77a9a44fbdc7e7f637b34d503afa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 431 (2025) — TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PRODUCTS THAT RESEMBLE A CHILD.

Version chain

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

1. Act 987 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 431 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• J. Bryant — primary (person)
• R. Scott Richardson — primary (person)
• Hester — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-11T20:41:26+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2025-03-11T21:17:18+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-31T22:35:22+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-01T14:07:04+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2025-04-01T14:07:15+00:00 Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2025-04-01T18:58:12+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2025-04-02T19:34:50+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-02T19:34:59+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2025-04-02T21:59:31+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2025-04-03T00:43:56+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
• 2025-04-09T01:09:36+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-04-09T21:35:14+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2025-04-09T21:35:17+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-04-09T22:14:56+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2025-04-09T22:15:04+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE referral-committee
• 2025-04-10T19:15:01+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-04-14T23:43:07+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-14T23:43:16+00:00 Returned to the Senate as passed.
• 2025-04-15T01:13:51+00:00 Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
• 2025-04-15T18:28:29+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2025-04-15T18:28:35+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2025-04-15T18:28:39+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2025-04-15T18:28:47+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-15T18:28:55+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2025-04-16T12:35:36+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2025-04-16T12:35:40+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-23T21:51:47+00:00 Notification that SB431 is now Act 987 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/358c3374-0b8a-426f-becc-63b8072ddef2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).