All Roll Calls
Yes: 126 • No: 0
ArkansasHB14372025 Regular SessionHouse
TO PROHIBIT A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER FROM ENTERING A WATER PARK, SWIMMING AREA, OR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND OF A PUBLIC PARK.
Sponsored By: Alan Clark (Republican), Matt Duffield (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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New park limits for some sex offenders
The law replaces Arkansas’s old restriction on entering local-government water parks with a broader public-park rule. It applies to people required to register as sex offenders who are assessed as Level 3 or Level 4. They cannot knowingly enter within 100 feet of a water park, swimming area, or children’s playground inside a public park. Covered areas include beaches, pools, public water parks with features such as splash pads or slides, and indoor or outdoor playgrounds. Public parks include land owned or maintained by Arkansas or local governments for public recreation. Land covered by an easement granted to those governments for public park use also qualifies. A violation is a Class D felony.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Alan Clark
Republican • Senate
Matt Duffield
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Alyssa Brown
Republican • House
Breanne Davis
Republican • Senate
Howard M. Beaty, Jr.
Republican • House
Mary Bentley
Republican • House
Jimmy Gazaway
Republican • House
Ben Gilmore
Republican • Senate
Brad Hall
Republican • House
Jeremiah Moore
Republican • House
Matt Brown
Republican • House
Shad Pearce
Republican • House
Aaron Pilkington
Republican • House
Chad Puryear
Republican • House
R. Scott Richardson
Republican • House
Ryan A. Rose
Republican • House
Dwight Tosh
Republican • House
Kendon Underwood
Republican • House
Steve Unger
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/20/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:05:12 PM
Yes: 32 • No: 0
House vote • 2/17/2025
House Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 2:05:34 PM
Yes: 94 • No: 0 • Other: 4
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158
2/25/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2/20/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
2/20/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
2/20/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
2/20/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/20/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/19/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
2/17/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/17/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/17/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/13/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/10/2025HouseFiled
2/10/2025House
Bill Text
HB1437 - Introduced
2/10/2025
Act Version
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