2025 Regular Session • Arkansas Legislature
SB426
Legislative Summary
To Create The Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act; And To Establish Enhanced Penalties For Illegal Aliens Who Commit Serious Felonies Involving Violence.
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Bill History
3/11/2025
Filed
Senate
3/11/2025
Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
Senate
3/20/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
3/20/2025
Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
Senate
3/20/2025
Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
3/20/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
3/20/2025
Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
Senate
3/31/2025
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
Senate
4/1/2025
Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
Senate
4/1/2025
Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
4/1/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
4/2/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
4/2/2025
Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
Senate
4/2/2025
Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Senate
4/2/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Senate
4/2/2025
Rules suspended.
Senate
4/2/2025
Read the third time and passed.
Senate
4/2/2025
Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
Senate
4/2/2025
RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Returned to the Senate as passed.
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Returned from the House as passed.
Senate
4/9/2025
ORDERED ENROLLED
Senate
4/10/2025
Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
Senate
4/10/2025
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
Senate
4/18/2025
Notification that SB426 is now Act 654
Senate
Amendments
Senate Amendment S3
Senate Amendment S3
4/2/2025Not Adopted
Senate Amendment S2
Senate Amendment S2
3/31/2025Not Adopted
Senate Amendment S1
Senate Amendment S1
3/20/2025Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Third Reading
4/9/2025
73
Yea
20
Nay
7
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
4/2/2025
28
Yea
5
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/18/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 41
Primary Sponsor
Bart Hester
Republican
Co-Sponsors (40)
Frances Cavenaugh
Republican
Rebecca Burkes
Republican
Sonia Eubanks Barker
Republican
Rick Beck
Republican
Mary Bentley
Republican
Stan Berry
Republican
Harlan Breaux
Republican
Alyssa Brown
Republican
Karilyn Brown
Republican
Matt Brown
Republican
Joey Carr
Republican
Paul Childress
Republican
Cameron Cooper
Republican
Bruce Cozart
Republican
Cindy Crawford
Republican
Tony Furman
Republican
Jimmie Gazaway
Republican
Justin Gonzales
Republican
Mike Holcomb
Republican
Lane Jean
Republican
Ron Mcnair
Republican
Jon Milligan
Republican
Jeremiah Moore
Republican
Jason Nazarenko
Republican
Stetson Painter
Republican
Chad Puryear
Republican
Marcus Richmond
Republican
Matthew Shepherd
Republican
Randy Torres
Republican
Dwight Tosh
Republican
Kendon Underwood
Republican
Steve Unger
Republican
Steven Walker
Republican
Justin Boyd
Republican
Jonathan Dismang
Republican
Scott Flippo
Republican
Blake Johnson
Republican
Matt Stone
Republican
Gary Stubblefield
Republican
Dan Sullivan
Republican