Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1865 — TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST A CHILD.

Last action — Notification that HB1865 is now Act 976

  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 20, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 22, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    2 primary, 11 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 1865, a line was added that likely indicates a new provision or requirement. Additionally, a reference to an earlier act, "Act 976 of the Regular Session," was removed, suggesting that the current bill may no longer align with that previous legislation. These changes are important because they could affect how the bill is implemented or perceived, potentially altering its impact on the community or the legal framework surrounding it.

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Act 976 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1865 is now Act 976

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

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.

  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2

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

  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2

  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .

  10. Read the third time and passed.

  11. Rules suspended.

  12. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  13. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  14. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

  15. Rules suspended.

  16. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

  18. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

  19. Rules suspended.

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

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

  22. Received from the House.

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

  24. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

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

  26. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 125 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (125)

125 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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1865?
HB 1865 is sponsored by Clarke Tucker, Nicole Clowney, Ryan A. Rose, Shad Pearce, John Maddox, Lee Johnson, Ashley Hudson, Matt Brown, Lincoln Barnett, Jimmy Gazaway, Ben Gilmore, DeAnn Vaught, and R. Scott Richardson.
What is the current status of HB 1865?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.
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