# Arkansas HB1437: 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.

Arkansas HB1437, 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., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alan Clark (Republican), Matt Duffield (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-25 (Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1437
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-10
- Last action: 2025-02-25, Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158
- Sponsors: Alan Clark (Republican), Matt Duffield (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (126 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New park limits for some sex offenders: cost, low. 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 chi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Alan Clark (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Matt Duffield (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Alyssa Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Breanne Davis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Bentley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ben Gilmore (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Brad Hall (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremiah Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Shad Pearce (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron Pilkington (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Puryear (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan A. Rose (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kendon Underwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Unger (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:05:12 PM | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | House | House Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 2:05:34 PM | pass | 94 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-02-25: Notification that HB1437 is now Act 158 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-02-20: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-02-20: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-02-20: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-13: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-02-10: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-02-10: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1437 - Introduced, 2025-02-10: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1437.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=158.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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- HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed)
- HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed)
- SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed)
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## Sources
- [HB1437 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1437.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=158.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

## Related
- [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025)
- [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025)
- [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025)
- [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025)
- [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025)
- [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1437-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).