---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY POST-ADOPTION CONTACT AGREEMENTS."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY POST-ADOPTION CONTACT AGREEMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1388"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1388 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Penzo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T22:55:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T14:44:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03ab09c5-c3ff-491b-9b8e-3237bab2ac89"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "91a85074d525c0bd6371cb7f496dbeb3350099642ceb6979e35348f346c64436"
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 1388 (2021) — TO PROVIDE FOR VOLUNTARY POST-ADOPTION CONTACT AGREEMENTS.

## 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%2FHB1388-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1388-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1388-H3.pdf)
4. **HB 1388** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1388.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T22:55:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:37:54+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`
- **2021-02-25T14:36:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-25T14:36:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T17:12:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T22:02:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 & 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T13:33:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T13:33:37+00:00** Amendment No. 2 & 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-05T16:00:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:40:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T22:59:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T23:00:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:19:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T20:11:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:11:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:31:04+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:31:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-16T13:41:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-22T14:44:38+00:00** Notification that HB1388 is now Act 838 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03ab09c5-c3ff-491b-9b8e-3237bab2ac89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).