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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1529: TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1529 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL. Primary sponsor: Clint Penzo (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican). It lists 38 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Notification that HB1529 is now Act 827.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 37

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Clint PenzoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Stephen MeeksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Brandon AchorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Glenn BarnesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Lincoln BarnettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Howard BeatyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Rick BeckCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Mary BentleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Harlan BreauxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Keith BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Matt BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Karilyn BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Rebecca BurkesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Cindy CrawfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Les EavesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Jon EubanksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Tony FurmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Zack GramlichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Steve HollowellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Jack LadymanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Robin LundstrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Roger LynchCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
John MaddoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Julie MayberryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Mindy McAlindonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Richard McGrewCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jessie McGruderCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Brit McKenzieCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Jon MilliganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Jeremiah MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Jason NazarenkoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Stetson PainterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Shad PearceCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Marcus RichmondCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Ryan RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Johnny RyeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Matthew ShepherdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Kendon UnderwoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
DeAnn VaughtCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Notification that HB1529 is now Act 827
  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. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  12. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source