Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1437 — TO PROHIBIT A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FROM ENTERING A WATER PARK, SWIMMING AREA, OR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND OF A PUBLIC PARK.

Last action — Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158

  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 February 10, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on February 25, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 19 sponsors

    2 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 1437, a line has been added stating that the bill has been approved on February 25, 2025. Additionally, a previous reference to "Act 158 of the Regular Session" has been removed. This change updates the bill's status and simplifies its references, making it clearer for readers about its approval timeline. Understanding these updates is important for keeping track of when the bill can go into effect and its relevance to other legislative acts.

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Act 158 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1437 5 By:
State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1437 5 By:
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2 02/10/2025 12:59:49 PM CEB136
2/25/25 2 02/10/2025 12:59:49 PM CEB136
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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158

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

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

  6. Read the third time and passed.

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

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

  9. Received from the House.

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

  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

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

  13. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (119)

119 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1437?
HB 1437 is sponsored by Ben Gilmore, Breanne Davis, Steve Unger, Kendon Underwood, Dwight Tosh, Ryan A. Rose, Chad Puryear, Aaron Pilkington, Shad Pearce, Jeremiah Moore, Brad Hall, Jimmy Gazaway, Matt Brown, Alyssa Brown, Mary Bentley, Howard M. Beaty, Jr., Alan Clark, Matt Duffield, and R. Scott Richardson.
What is the current status of HB 1437?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2025. Enacted.
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