---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND INVESTIGATIVE DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND INVESTIGATIVE DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1278 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Hendren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26T19:40:40+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T15:01:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/996636b1-fc31-4a5f-83d2-5169e1718d7c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e508cbb2cfad726ce3cef0109965bd549cf9f8dd30f516536475850868835ee3"
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 1278 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF INVESTIGATIONS AND INVESTIGATIVE DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE CHILD MALTREATMENT 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%2FHB1278-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1278** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1278.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 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.

- **2021-01-26T19:40:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T22:33:25+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`
- **2021-02-03T14:34:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-03T14:34:31+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03T16:14:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-08T21:35:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T19:36:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T22:04:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:04:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T23:13:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02T20:04:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T20:04:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-02T21:04:30+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-02T21:04:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T21:31:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-04T15:01:14+00:00** Notification that HB1278 is now Act 270 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/996636b1-fc31-4a5f-83d2-5169e1718d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).