---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1359"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1359 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:38:55+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-10T19:16:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41126197-e1ce-4b60-bd4a-d095a81755bc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e2684c5cfc36e6599ca63c2254c4f3f015de8a26ec46588bc8ff3857e487d87e"
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 1359 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 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 S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1359-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1359** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1359.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:38:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T21:51:54+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`
- **2021-02-08T21:35:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T19:31:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T22:01:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:01:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T14:36:08+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-02T14:36:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-02T19:20:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T19:21:09+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T19:21:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:49:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:49:51+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-04T22:09:47+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-08T22:20:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-10T19:16:13+00:00** Notification that HB1359 is now Act 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41126197-e1ce-4b60-bd4a-d095a81755bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).