Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 426 — TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS FELONIES INVOLVING VIOLENCE.

Last action — Notification that SB426 is now Act 654

  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 March 11, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 18, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 41 sponsors

    2 primary, 39 co-sponsors signed on.

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

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 426, a specific reference to "Act 654 of the Regular Session" has been removed. This change is important because it clarifies the bill’s focus, possibly indicating that the provisions of the previous act are no longer relevant or necessary for the current legislation. By making this update, lawmakers aim to streamline the bill and ensure it addresses current needs effectively.

→
Previous
Latest
Act 654 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
9 /s/Hester APPROVED:
9 /s/Hester 7 04-02-2025 13:51:29 JMB473
4/16/25 7 04-02-2025 13:51:29 JMB473
⬇ Download PDF
View plain text versions (2)

Amendments

3 amendments

Click Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.

Action History

  1. Notification that SB426 is now Act 654

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

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

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

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

  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

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

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  11. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  12. Read the third time and passed.

  13. Rules suspended.

  14. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  15. Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  16. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

  17. Rules suspended.

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

  20. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

  21. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2

  22. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

  23. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

  25. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

  26. Rules suspended.

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

  28. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

2 sponsors · 39 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (39)

Not signed on (97)

97 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 97 →

"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 immigration
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 426?
SB 426 is sponsored by Dan Sullivan, Matt Stone, Blake Johnson, Scott Flippo, Jonathan Dismang, Justin Boyd, Steven Walker, Steve Unger, Kendon Underwood, Dwight Tosh, Randy Torres, Matthew J. Shepherd, Marcus E. Richmond, Chad Puryear, Stetson Painter, Jason Nazarenko, Jeremiah Moore, Jon Milligan, Ron McNair, Lane Jean, Mike Holcomb, Justin Gonzales, Jimmy Gazaway, Tony Furman, Cindy Crawford, Bruce Cozart, Cameron Cooper, Paul Childress, Matt Brown, Karilyn Brown, Alyssa Brown, Harlan Breaux, Mary Bentley, Rick Beck, Sonia Eubanks Barker, Rebecca Burkes, Frances Cavenaugh, Bart Hester, S. Berry, Joey Carr, and Gary Stubblefield.
What is the current status of SB 426?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 11, 2025. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 426?
Track SB 426 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 426

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 426

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →