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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1877: CONCERNING CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE A COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE IMAGE OF 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 1877 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: CONCERNING CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE A COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE IMAGE OF A CHILD. Primary sponsor: Josh Bryant (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican). It lists 36 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Notification that HB1877 is now Act 977.

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 35

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh BryantPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
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
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
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 HB1877 is now Act 977
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  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. Read the third time and passed.
  10. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  11. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  12. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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