SB 426 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

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

Senate Bill 426 creates the "Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act." This legislation establishes enhanced penalties for individuals identified as illegal aliens. These increased penalties apply specifically when an illegal alien commits serious felonies involving violence.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice ✗ Immigration

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 11, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 654 → SB 426 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 654' to 'SB 426' with updated session dates and assembly information, but no substantive policy changes are visible in the provided excerpt.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 654 to Senate Bill 426 with updated session dates for the 95th General Assembly

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

27

Key actions

7

Committee

3

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB426 is now Act 654

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 39 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Gary Stubblefield