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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROMOTING PROSTITUTION OFFENSES; TO ENHANCE THE PENALTIES FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREE; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF PROMOTING PROSTITUTION AT A BUSINESS."
description: "TO AMEND PROMOTING PROSTITUTION OFFENSES; TO ENHANCE THE PENALTIES FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREE; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF PROMOTING PROSTITUTION AT A BUSINESS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 427"
citation: "Arkansas SB 427 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T20:35:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:51:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a57bae40-d63e-4b19-b828-09a4263a3551"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7f1b15042fa81f9fdfc5e8f7d710f69a5195002ee6fd8cdf892dc41b0680d752"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---
# Arkansas SB 427 (2025) — TO AMEND PROMOTING PROSTITUTION OFFENSES; TO ENHANCE THE PENALTIES FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DEGREE; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF PROMOTING PROSTITUTION AT A BUSINESS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 663** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=663.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB427-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB427.pdf)
## Sponsors
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-11T20:35:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T21:15:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:33:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T14:06:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T14:06:40+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:57:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T19:26:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:26:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:58:42+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:43:02+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`
- **2025-04-09T01:08:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T01:38:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:38:24+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:09:41+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:09:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:12:41+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:12:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:51:23+00:00** Notification that SB427 is now Act 663 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a57bae40-d63e-4b19-b828-09a4263a3551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).