Arkansas 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1789 — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF TRAFFICKING; AND TO CREATE AN OFFENSE FOR THE UNLAWFUL SOLICITATION FOR THE RELINQUISHMENT OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.

Last action — Notification that HB1789 is now Act 1022

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 12, 2019. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

  • HB 1789 Current pdf

Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1789 is now Act 1022

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

  5. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1

  6. Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  7. Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1

  8. Returned To the House as passed as amended.

  9. Read the third time and passed.

  10. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  11. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  12. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  13. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  14. Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1

  15. Rules suspended.

  16. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  17. Received from the House.

  18. Emergency Clause failed of adoption

  19. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  20. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  21. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  22. Filed

Sponsors

  • Penzo · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Penzo

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (137)

137 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 95005
Total 95005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Berry — Yea
Brown — Yea
Christiansen — Yea
Cloud — Yea
A. Davis — Yea
D. Douglas — Yea
Glover — Yea
Godfrey — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Richardson — Yea
Slape — Yea
Hawks — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Blake — Yea
Burch — Yea
Bragg — Yea
Capp — Yea
Coleman — Yea
Deffenbaugh — Yea
Fielding — Yea
Gates — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Hillman — Yea
House — Yea
Jett — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nicks — Yea
Richey — Yea
Rushing — Yea
Sorvillo — Yea
Speaks — Yea
Watson — Yea
Aaron Pilkington — Yea
Andrew Collins — Yea
Austin McCollum — Yea
B. Smith — Yea
Brian S. Evans — Yea
Brit McKenzie — Yea
Bruce Cozart — Yea
C. Fite — Not Voting
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Carlton Wing — Yea
Carol Dalby — Yea
Cindy Crawford — Yea
Clint Penzo — Yea
D. Ferguson — Yea
Dan Sullivan — Yea
David Whitaker — Yea
DeAnn Vaught — Yea
Della Rosa — Yea
Denise Garner — Yea
Dwight Tosh — Yea
Frances Cavenaugh — Yea
Fred Allen — Yea
Fredrick J. Love — Yea
Harlan Breaux — Yea
Jack Ladyman — Not Voting
Jamie Scott — Yea
Jeff Wardlaw — Yea
Jim Dotson — Yea
Jim Petty — Yea
Jim Wooten — Yea
Jimmy Gazaway — Yea
John Maddox — Yea
John Payton — Yea
Johnny Rye — Yea
Jon S. Eubanks — Yea
Julie Mayberry — Yea
Justin Boyd — Yea
Justin Gonzales — Yea
K. Ferguson — Not Voting
L. Fite — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lane Jean — Yea
Les D. Eaves — Yea
Les Warren — Yea
M. Davis — Yea
M. Gray — Yea
M. Hodges — Yea
M. Hodges — Yea
Marcus E. Richmond — Yea
Mark Perry — Yea
Mary Bentley — Yea
Mike Holcomb — Yea
Nicole Clowney — Yea
Reginald Murdock — Yea
Richard Womack — Yea
Rick Beck — Yea
Robin Lundstrum — Yea
Roger D. Lynch — Yea
Ron McNair — Yea
S. Smith — Yea
Sonia Eubanks Barker — Yea
Stephen Magie — Yea
Stephen Meeks — Yea
Steve Hollowell — Yea
Steven Walker — Yea
Tippi McCullough — Yea
V. Flowers — Yea

Official roll call →

Read the third time and passed.

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Total 35000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
E. Cheatham — Yea
Elliott — Yea
Bledsoe — Yea
Bond — Yea
Maloch — Yea
Rapert — Yea
Teague — Yea
Alan Clark — Yea
B. Ballinger — Yea
B. Sample — Yea
Bart Hester — Yea
Blake Johnson — Yea
Breanne Davis — Yea
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Dave Wallace — Yea
G. Stubblefield — Yea
Greg Leding — Yea
J. Hendren — Yea
J. Sturch — Yea
Jane English — Yea
Jimmy Hickey, Jr — Yea
Jonathan Dismang — Yea
K. Ingram — Yea
Kim Hammer — Yea
L. Chesterfield — Yea
L. Eads — Yea
M. Pitsch — Yea
Mark Johnson — Yea
Missy Irvin — Yea
Ricky Hill — Yea
Ronald Caldwell — Yea
S. Flowers — Yea
Scott Flippo — Yea
T. Garner — Yea
Terry Rice — Yea

Official roll call →

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Passed 64 Yea · 9 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 649027
Total 649027
% of votes cast 64%9%0%27%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Berry — Yea
Brown — Yea
Christiansen — Yea
Cloud — Yea
A. Davis — Yea
D. Douglas — Yea
Godfrey — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Slape — Yea
Glover — Nay
Richardson — Nay
Hawks — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Blake — Not Voting
Bragg — Yea
Burch — Nay
Capp — Nay
Coleman — Yea
Deffenbaugh — Not Voting
Fielding — Not Voting
Fortner — Yea
Gates — Not Voting
Hillman — Yea
House — Yea
Jett — Not Voting
Lowery — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nicks — Not Voting
Richey — Yea
Rushing — Yea
Sorvillo — Yea
Speaks — Not Voting
Watson — Not Voting
Aaron Pilkington — Yea
Andrew Collins — Yea
Austin McCollum — Yea
B. Smith — Yea
Brian S. Evans — Yea
Brit McKenzie — Nay
Bruce Cozart — Not Voting
C. Fite — Yea
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Carlton Wing — Yea
Carol Dalby — Not Voting
Cindy Crawford — Yea
Clint Penzo — Yea
D. Ferguson — Not Voting
Dan Sullivan — Yea
David Whitaker — Yea
DeAnn Vaught — Not Voting
Della Rosa — Yea
Denise Garner — Yea
Dwight Tosh — Yea
Frances Cavenaugh — Yea
Fred Allen — Not Voting
Fredrick J. Love — Not Voting
Harlan Breaux — Yea
Jack Ladyman — Not Voting
Jamie Scott — Not Voting
Jeff Wardlaw — Not Voting
Jim Dotson — Yea
Jim Petty — Yea
Jim Wooten — Not Voting
Jimmy Gazaway — Yea
John Maddox — Not Voting
John Payton — Yea
Johnny Rye — Yea
Jon S. Eubanks — Yea
Julie Mayberry — Yea
Justin Boyd — Yea
Justin Gonzales — Yea
K. Ferguson — Nay
L. Fite — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lane Jean — Not Voting
Les D. Eaves — Yea
Les Warren — Yea
M. Davis — Yea
M. Gray — Yea
M. Hodges — Yea
M. Hodges — Not Voting
Marcus E. Richmond — Yea
Mark Perry — Nay
Mary Bentley — Yea
Mike Holcomb — Yea
Nicole Clowney — Yea
Reginald Murdock — Not Voting
Richard Womack — Yea
Rick Beck — Yea
Robin Lundstrum — Yea
Roger D. Lynch — Not Voting
Ron McNair — Not Voting
S. Smith — Yea
Sonia Eubanks Barker — Yea
Stephen Magie — Yea
Stephen Meeks — Yea
Steve Hollowell — Yea
Steven Walker — Nay
Tippi McCullough — Nay
V. Flowers — Not Voting

Official roll call →

Emergency Clause failed of adoption

Passed 65 Yea · 7 Nay · 28 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 657028
Total 657028
% of votes cast 65%7%0%28%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Berry — Yea
Brown — Yea
Christiansen — Yea
Cloud — Yea
A. Davis — Yea
D. Douglas — Yea
Godfrey — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Slape — Yea
Glover — Nay
Richardson — Nay
Hawks — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Blake — Not Voting
Bragg — Yea
Burch — Not Voting
Capp — Nay
Coleman — Yea
Deffenbaugh — Not Voting
Fielding — Not Voting
Fortner — Yea
Gates — Not Voting
Hillman — Yea
House — Not Voting
Jett — Not Voting
Lowery — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nicks — Not Voting
Richey — Yea
Rushing — Yea
Sorvillo — Yea
Speaks — Yea
Watson — Not Voting
Aaron Pilkington — Yea
Andrew Collins — Yea
Austin McCollum — Yea
B. Smith — Yea
Brian S. Evans — Yea
Brit McKenzie — Nay
Bruce Cozart — Yea
C. Fite — Yea
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Carlton Wing — Yea
Carol Dalby — Not Voting
Cindy Crawford — Yea
Clint Penzo — Yea
D. Ferguson — Not Voting
Dan Sullivan — Yea
David Whitaker — Yea
DeAnn Vaught — Yea
Della Rosa — Yea
Denise Garner — Yea
Dwight Tosh — Yea
Frances Cavenaugh — Yea
Fred Allen — Not Voting
Fredrick J. Love — Not Voting
Harlan Breaux — Yea
Jack Ladyman — Not Voting
Jamie Scott — Not Voting
Jeff Wardlaw — Not Voting
Jim Dotson — Yea
Jim Petty — Yea
Jim Wooten — Not Voting
Jimmy Gazaway — Yea
John Maddox — Not Voting
John Payton — Yea
Johnny Rye — Yea
Jon S. Eubanks — Yea
Julie Mayberry — Yea
Justin Boyd — Yea
Justin Gonzales — Yea
K. Ferguson — Not Voting
L. Fite — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lane Jean — Yea
Les D. Eaves — Yea
Les Warren — Yea
M. Davis — Yea
M. Gray — Not Voting
M. Hodges — Yea
M. Hodges — Not Voting
Marcus E. Richmond — Yea
Mark Perry — Nay
Mary Bentley — Yea
Mike Holcomb — Yea
Nicole Clowney — Yea
Reginald Murdock — Not Voting
Richard Womack — Yea
Rick Beck — Yea
Robin Lundstrum — Yea
Roger D. Lynch — Not Voting
Ron McNair — Yea
S. Smith — Not Voting
Sonia Eubanks Barker — Yea
Stephen Magie — Not Voting
Stephen Meeks — Yea
Steve Hollowell — Yea
Steven Walker — Nay
Tippi McCullough — Nay
V. Flowers — Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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