TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE FOR FORFEITURE OF ASSETS USED TO CONDUCT HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF HARBORING AN ENDANGERED RUNAWAY CHILD.
Senate Bill 442 strengthens laws concerning human trafficking and creates the offense of harboring an endangered runaway child. The bill allows for the forfeiture of assets used to conduct human trafficking. It establishes procedures for distributing the proceeds from these forfeitures, directing funds to prosecuting attorneys' asset forfeiture funds and, for amounts exceeding certain thresholds, to the Arkansas Human Trafficking Council Support Fund. Additionally, it creates human trafficking control funds for law enforcement and prosecuting attorneys, to be used for specific law enforcement and prosecutorial purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 12, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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The document shows a transition from a reference to Act 667 to the current version of Senate Bill 442, with no substantive policy changes visible in this excerpt. The primary change is the reformatting and versioning of the bill itself, indicating it has been updated for the 95th General Assembly's Regular Session of 2025.
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Removed reference to 'Act 667 of the Regular Session' from the header, indicating this is now a standalone bill or has been renumbered.
Added versioning information showing the bill is 'As Engrossed' with a date of S4/1/25, indicating it has passed through committee and is in its final form before signing.
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB442 is now Act 667
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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