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House Judiciary Committee: votes at a glance from today's session
Summary
A single-article roundup summarizing the committee's recorded votes on multiple bills during the session, with brief descriptions and outcomes as recorded in the transcript.
The House Judiciary Committee recorded votes on a series of bills during the session. Items below list the bill number, sponsor, a short description drawn from committee presentations, and the committee outcome as recorded in the hearing transcript.
- Senate Bill 4-31 (Sen. Josh Bryant) — Amendment to clarify affirmative defense language for victims in a bill concerning images or items indistinguishable from a child (testimony referenced state attorney general assurances). Outcome: Passed in committee by voice vote ("the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 2-77 (Sen. Joshua Bryant) — Adds certain recently enhanceable theft offenses to the list ineligible for sealing; extensive testimony from public defenders, veterans advocates and prosecutors. Outcome: Failed in committee ("the noes have it").
- Senate Bill 3-55 (Sen. Joshua Bryant) — Amends obstruction-of-justice code to criminalize failure to appear after in-person service of a subpoena in criminal matters; sponsor said contempt has not been an effective tool. Outcome: Failed in committee (transcript: "the noes have it. The bill has failed").
- Senate Bill 3-42 (Rep. Justin Gonzales) — Clarifies remedies for livestock killed by dogs and added "other livestock" to the covered animals; sponsor said no substantive opposition. Outcome: Passed in committee ("the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 3-64 (Sen. Womack) — Contractor civil-action requirements for bringing breach-of-contract or quantum meruit claims; sponsor framed as a technical remedy for contractors to square licensing issues and pay fines to pursue claims. Outcome: Passed in committee ("the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 4-57 / 4-59 / 4-58 / 4-59 / 4-58 (Sen. Greg Letting and others) — A package of juvenile-justice bills and juvenile code clarifications (including parole discharge timelines, adjudication for children under 10 and juvenile sentencing considerations). Outcome: Committee adopted amendments where noted and passed the bills by voice vote ("the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 6-12 (Sen. Tyler Deese) — Social media private right of action for parents and prohibited-design standards; extensive questioning on definitions and legal defensibility. Outcome: Passed ("the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 6-29 (Sen. Ronald Caldwell) — Would permit LLC members/officers to represent their entities in eviction proceedings (opposed by Arkansas Bar Association). Outcome: Failed ("the noes have it").
- Senate Bill 5-99 / 5-11 / 5-12 / 5-13 / 5-14 / 5-97 (Sen. Clark Tucker; Rep. Matthew Shepard and others) — A set of criminal-law updates focused on bank-related crimes (ATM impairment, expanded robbery definitions, mail theft, skimmer possession penalties, threats to financial-institution employees). Outcome: Passed (committee voice votes recorded as "the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 5-39 and 5-90 and House companion bills — Corrections, recidivism and recidivism-reduction programs; multiple technical clarifications and transfers of functions between agencies and divisions were presented and passed after stakeholder discussions. Outcome: Passed (voice votes recorded as "the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 5-37 (Rep. Matt Brown) — Recidivism reduction incentive that allows people on post-prison supervision to earn sentence credit for sustained full-time employment. Outcome: Passed (voice vote recorded as "the ayes have it").
- Senate Bill 5-55 (Sen. Jamie Scott; Rep. Ashley Hudson presenting) — Extends statute of limitations for video voyeurism and allows orders of protection for victims. Outcome: Passed ("the ayes have it").
Notes on the roundup: The committee used voice votes for most items. Where the transcript records a voice vote result, this summary reports the committee outcome exactly as stated ("the ayes have it" or "the noes have it"). When testimony or detailed debate occurred, that information is covered in separate, focused articles on the items with sustained discussion. If a bill’s roll-call tally was not read into the transcript, no numeric counts are reported here.
This list reflects only the bills debated and the outcomes recorded in the transcript for this meeting.
