---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHEN A SEX OFFENDER IS ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY; AND CONCERNING THE PRESENCE OF A SEX OFFENDER ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY."
description: "TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHEN A SEX OFFENDER IS ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY; AND CONCERNING THE PRESENCE OF A SEX OFFENDER ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1098"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1098 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Wooten"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-07T20:23:05+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:09:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc5c832-f12e-4a7f-b901-54228d2a9a0f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "907630f94a78591bdf30074b845620ff32ef99f6b2dc3fe3ae2936fe54e4ab99"
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 1098 (2021) — TO REQUIRE NOTICE TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHEN A SEX OFFENDER IS ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY; AND CONCERNING THE PRESENCE OF A SEX OFFENDER ON THE PREMISES OF A CHILDCARE FACILITY.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-H3.pdf)
4. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-H4.pdf)
5. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-S1.pdf)
6. **HB 1098** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1098.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **58–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07T20:23:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:39:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T14:39:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-25T14:39:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-25T16:42:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-03T14:33:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-03T14:33:40+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T16:14:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-22T14:39:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-22T14:39:16+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22T16:10:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T14:30:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T14:30:49+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04T16:47:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T21:57:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T20:35:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T22:38:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-17T22:39:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T18:17:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T18:22:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-08T18:23:10+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-08T19:43:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T19:33:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:34:13+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-12T21:41:05+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-12T21:41:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:14:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:27:05+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-19T18:27:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:10:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:09:19+00:00** Notification that HB1098 is now Act 828 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bc5c832-f12e-4a7f-b901-54228d2a9a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).