Arkansas · Senate Bill 430 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT TO REQUIRE MANDATORY RESTITUTION TO BE AWARDED TO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS ACT.

  1. Introduced Mar 11, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 11, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Apr 2, 2025
  4. Passed the House Apr 9, 2025
  5. To the governor Apr 10, 2025
  6. Became law Apr 18, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Act 666 (SB430) requires a court to order a person convicted of a human trafficking offense to pay mandatory restitution to the victim or other entity as appropriate for costs, expenses, and losses related to being a victim of human trafficking. The act extends the period of time in which a claim may be filed with the Crime Victims Reparations Board to five (5) years after the injury or death upon which the claim is based or five (5) years after the date the victim reaches eighteen (18) years of age, if the victim was a minor at the time of the injury or death.

Every action

15 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 7 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE · Senate JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. CommitteeReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass · Senate JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  4. SenateRead the third time and passed.33–0 vote
  5. SenateOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
  6. HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
  7. CommitteeRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE · House JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  1. CommitteeReturned by the Committee Do Pass · House JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  2. HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.91–1 vote
  3. HouseReturned to the Senate as passed.
  4. SenateReturned from the House as passed.
  5. SenateORDERED ENROLLED
  6. SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
  7. SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
  8. SenateNotification that SB430 is now Act 666

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Read the third time and passed. · Full Senate

Passed 33–0
Apr 2, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 33 No 0 Not voting 2
Democrats: 5 yes, 0 no Republicans: 28 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 33

Excused · 2

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. · Full House

Passed 91–1
Apr 9, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 91 No 1 Not voting 8
Democrats: 15 yes, 1 no Republicans: 76 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 91

No · 1

Not voting · 8

Sponsors

The 2 members who introduced it.

From Arkansas's official records (arkleg.state.ar.us), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.