---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION TIME FRAMES; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION TIME FRAMES; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Arkansas SB 288 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/529208ca-a779-45ed-b81f-be812367a224"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "eb78487baf23eaa591416bdaf7f4e8501af482d7d9ff7ba2c80b6e383d12c5e3"
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 288 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION TIME FRAMES; AND TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHILD MALTREATMENT INVESTIGATION.

## 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=SB288-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 288** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB288.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-11** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-14** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-14** 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`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-25** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-25** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-03-26** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-05** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-05** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-04-05** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-05** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-08** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** Notification that SB288 is now Act 881 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/529208ca-a779-45ed-b81f-be812367a224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).