Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 320 — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS JUVENILE CODE OF 1989.

Last action — Notification that SB320 is now Act 518

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 10, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    2 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

0 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of Bill SB 320 removes a reference to "Act 518 of the Regular Session" as well as its approval date of April 10, 2025. This change could simplify the bill by eliminating potentially outdated or unnecessary references, making it clearer and easier to understand. It matters because it helps ensure that the bill is current and relevant to today’s legislative context.

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Act 518 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
/s/Irvin APPROVED:
/s/Irvin 393 03-19-2025 12:14:20 LJH010
4/10/25 393 03-19-2025 12:14:20 LJH010
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Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Notification that SB320 is now Act 518

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Read the third time and passed.

  6. Rules suspended.

  7. House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.

  8. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

  9. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1

  10. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  11. Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .

  12. Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1

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

  14. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  16. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

  17. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

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

  19. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  20. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  21. Read the third time and passed.

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

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

  24. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (16)

Not signed on (120)

120 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

public-safety education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 320?
SB 320 is sponsored by DeAnn Vaught, Kendra Moore, Mindy McAlindon, Julie Mayberry, Robin Lundstrum, Dolly Henley, Hope Duke, Cindy Crawford, Frances Cavenaugh, Rebecca Burkes, Karilyn Brown, Alyssa Brown, Mary Bentley, Sonia Eubanks Barker, Jane English, Breanne Davis, Carol Dalby, and Missy Irvin.
What is the current status of SB 320?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2025. Enacted.
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