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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1609: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR RECRUITING TRAFFICKED PERSONS FROM CERTAIN PLACES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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 1609 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on February 26, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR RECRUITING TRAFFICKED PERSONS FROM CERTAIN PLACES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Primary sponsor: Breanne Davis (Republican), Robin Lundstrum (Republican). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 20, 2025): Notification that HB1609 is now Act 366.

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): Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Breanne DavisPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Robin LundstrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Sonia BarkerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse96
Mary BentleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Karilyn BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Alyssa BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Rebecca BurkesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Fran CavenaughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Cindy CrawfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Carol DalbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
Hope DukeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
Jane EnglishCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Dolly HenleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Missy IrvinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Julie MayberryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Mindy McAlindonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Kendra MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
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 HB1609 is now Act 366
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment #1 read and concurred in, and the Emergency Clause
  5. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
  6. Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  7. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  8. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  9. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  10. Read the third time and passed.
  11. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  12. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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