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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SERVICE OF A PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SERVICE OF A PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 85"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 85 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-14"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ab313d-a824-4702-9454-aabc54f8038e"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "d0fe26e847ad3cba3a0c7844e96ef35f6f2584bbfff1d5be0b6928ae456c33a7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas SB 85 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SERVICE OF A PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB85-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
+2. **SB 85** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB85.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Clark — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14** Filed `introduction`
+- **2019-01-14** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-07** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-11** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-03-11** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2019-03-11** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-03-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-12** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2019-03-12** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2019-03-12** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-03-28** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-28** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-04-02** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2019-04-02** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
+- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-04-09** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2019-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** Notification that SB85 is now Act 985 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ab313d-a824-4702-9454-aabc54f8038e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+