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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

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

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 1865 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE AN ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST A CHILD. Primary sponsor: Gilmore, DeAnn Vaught (Republican). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Notification that HB1865 is now Act 976.

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 4 · Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
GilmorePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
DeAnn VaughtPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Lincoln BarnettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Matt BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Nicole ClowneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse21
Jimmy GazawayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Ashley HudsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Lee JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
John MaddoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Shad PearceCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse40
Scott RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Ryan RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Clarke TuckerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“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 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

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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