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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND ANONYMOUS KITS; AND TO REQUIRE A STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING OF ALL UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND UNSUBMITTED ANONYMOUS KITS."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND ANONYMOUS KITS; AND TO REQUIRE A STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING OF ALL UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND UNSUBMITTED ANONYMOUS KITS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1829"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1829 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Lundstrum"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-31T15:37:28+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T17:01:53+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13958a62-932b-41d4-9bc9-3cc7f9f0ca6c"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "4101d0f158bb79deae26f838305d06bad81368edfaf39e82ffca81a05d788546"
+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 HB 1829 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND ANONYMOUS KITS; AND TO REQUIRE A STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING OF ALL UNTESTED SEXUAL ASSAULT COLLECTION KITS AND UNSUBMITTED ANONYMOUS KITS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=558.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1829.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Penzo — primary (person)
+- Lundstrum — primary (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
+- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
+- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Long — cosponsor (person)
+- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
+- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
+- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rye — cosponsor (person)
+- Unger — cosponsor (person)
+- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-31T15:37:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-04-03T13:50:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T02:14:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T00:18:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T03:56:10+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-05T18:03:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T23:37:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T20:42:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T20:42:23+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:07:19+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:07:24+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:10:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-11T17:01:53+00:00** Notification that HB1829 is now Act 558 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13958a62-932b-41d4-9bc9-3cc7f9f0ca6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+