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2025R: SB426 ACT 654

TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT SERIOUS FELONIES INVOLVING VIOLENCE.

Latest action: Notification that SB426 is now Act 654

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Sponsor	Role
Hester	lead
Cavenaugh	primary
A. Brown	cosponsor
B. Johnson	cosponsor
Barker	cosponsor
Beck	cosponsor
Bentley	cosponsor
Breaux	cosponsor
C. Cooper	cosponsor
Childress	cosponsor
Cozart	cosponsor
Crawford	cosponsor
D. Sullivan	cosponsor
Flippo	cosponsor
Furman	cosponsor
G. Stubblefield	cosponsor
Gazaway	cosponsor
Gonzales	cosponsor
Holcomb	cosponsor
J. Boyd	cosponsor
J. Dismang	cosponsor
J. Moore	cosponsor
Jean	cosponsor
Joey Carr	cosponsor
K. Brown	cosponsor
M. Brown	cosponsor
M. Shepherd	cosponsor
McNair	cosponsor
Milligan	cosponsor
Nazarenko	cosponsor
Painter	cosponsor
Puryear	cosponsor
R. Burkes	cosponsor
Richmond	cosponsor
S. Berry	cosponsor
Stone	cosponsor
Torres	cosponsor
Tosh	cosponsor
Underwood	cosponsor
Unger	cosponsor
Walker	cosponsor

When	Chamber	Action
Mar 11, 2025, 3:13 p.m. CT	Senate	Filed
Mar 11, 2025, 4:15 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
Mar 20, 2025, 2:05 p.m. CT	Senate	Rules suspended.
Mar 20, 2025, 2:05 p.m. CT	Senate	Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
Mar 20, 2025, 2:05 p.m. CT	Senate	Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Mar 20, 2025, 3:40 p.m. CT	Senate	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Mar 20, 2025, 5:13 p.m. CT	Senate	Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
Mar 31, 2025, 5:32 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
Apr 1, 2025, 9:05 a.m. CT	Senate	Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
Apr 1, 2025, 9:06 a.m. CT	Senate	Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Apr 1, 2025, 1:57 p.m. CT	Senate	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Apr 2, 2025, 1:18 p.m. CT	Senate	Rules suspended.
Apr 2, 2025, 1:18 p.m. CT	Senate	Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
Apr 2, 2025, 1:18 p.m. CT	Senate	Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
Apr 2, 2025, 2:11 p.m. CT	Senate	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Apr 2, 2025, 2:11 p.m. CT	Senate	Rules suspended.
Apr 2, 2025, 2:19 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Apr 2, 2025, 2:20 p.m. CT	Senate	Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
Apr 2, 2025, 4:58 p.m. CT	House	RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Apr 2, 2025, 7:42 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Apr 8, 2025, 8:08 p.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Apr 9, 2025, 8:25 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Apr 9, 2025, 8:25 p.m. CT	House	Returned to the Senate as passed.
Apr 9, 2025, 11:09 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned from the House as passed.
Apr 9, 2025, 11:09 p.m. CT	Senate	ORDERED ENROLLED
Apr 10, 2025, 8:12 a.m. CT	Senate	Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
Apr 10, 2025, 8:12 a.m. CT	Senate	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
Apr 18, 2025, 3:49 p.m. CT	Senate	Notification that SB426 is now Act 654

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Mar 20, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 31, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	Senate Judiciary · Senate Room 171	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Apr 2, 2025, 1:00 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Apr 8, 2025, 4:45 p.m. CT	House Judiciary Committee · Committee Room 149	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Apr 9, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: S1 (Senate) by Hester, filed Mar 20, 2025, 10:15 a.m. CT: ARKANSAS SENATE 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of Senate Bill 426 TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALI; S2 (Senate) by Hester, filed Mar 31, 2025, 2:22 p.m. CT: ARKANSAS SENATE 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of Senate Bill 426 TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALI; S3 (Senate) by Hester, filed Apr 2, 2025, 10:06 a.m. CT: ARKANSAS SENATE 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of Senate Bill 426 TO CREATE THE DEFENSE AGAINST CRIMINAL ILLEGALS ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ALI.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
S1	Senate	Hester	Mar 20, 2025, 10:15 a.m. CT
S2	Senate	Hester	Mar 31, 2025, 2:22 p.m. CT
S3	Senate	Hester	Apr 2, 2025, 10:06 a.m. CT

Committee actions

Do Pass · House · Apr 8, 2025, 8:08 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Do Pass as amended · Senate · Mar 31, 2025, 5:32 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2

Floor roll calls

House · RCS 1141

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:25:24 PM · arkleg

73Yea

20Nay

5Not voting

2Present

0Excused

Yea (73)

Nay (20)

Present (2)

Brandon Achor (R)
Justin Gonzales (R)

Not voting (5)

Senate · RCS 765

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:19:38 PM · arkleg

28Yea

5Nay

0Not voting

0Present

2Excused

Yea (28)

Nay (5)

Excused (2)

J. Dismang
Stephanie Flowers (D)

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