TO ESTABLISH A STANDARDIZED SYSTEM TO AID IN THE SEARCH OF MISSING CHILDREN WHO DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ACTIVATION OF THE ARKANSAS AMBER ALERT SYSTEM.
Senate Bill 371 establishes a new, standardized system in Arkansas to aid in the search for missing children. This system is specifically designed for cases where a child does not meet the criteria for activating an Arkansas Amber Alert. While the provided text does not detail the specific mechanisms of this new system, its aim is to provide additional resources for locating children in these particular situations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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Act 653
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SB 371
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MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting and versioning changes between Act 653 and SB 371, including updated legislative session dates and removal of an approval date stamp. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or new requirements were identified in this diff.
TECHNICAL
Removed the 'Act 653 of the Regular Session' header and approval date stamp, likely reflecting renumbering to SB 371 for the 95th General Assembly.
Added updated legislative session dates (S3/12/25, S3/20/25, H4/3/25) to reflect current bill tracking information.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB371 is now Act 653
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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