---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DEFINE \"CHILDCARE INSTITUTION\" UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CRIMINAL RECORD AND CHILD MALTREATMENT CHECKS UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
description: "TO DEFINE \"CHILDCARE INSTITUTION\" UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CRIMINAL RECORD AND CHILD MALTREATMENT CHECKS UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1270"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1270 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Hendren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26T18:56:10+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T15:00:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0823801-6617-456a-8262-439e9ee98d1f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3286a98415432d53cb422ae06bde6ed4c6e88ea2992cfe102d3825db210b1f4d"
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 1270 (2021) — TO DEFINE "CHILDCARE INSTITUTION" UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CRIMINAL RECORD AND CHILD MALTREATMENT CHECKS UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT.

## 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%2FHB1270-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1270** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1270.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- J. Hendren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T18:56:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T22:31:35+00:00** 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`
- **2021-02-03T14:37:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-03T14:37:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T16:16:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-08T21:35:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T19:33:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T22:04:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:04:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T23:13:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02T20:02:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-02T21:04:44+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-02T21:04:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T21:31:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-04T15:00:48+00:00** Notification that HB1270 is now Act 269 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0823801-6617-456a-8262-439e9ee98d1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).