---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS CHILD ABUSE/RAPE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION; CONCERNING NOTICE OF SEVERE MALTREATMENT REPORTS; AND CONCERNING CERTAIN ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS CHILD ABUSE/RAPE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION; CONCERNING NOTICE OF SEVERE MALTREATMENT REPORTS; AND CONCERNING CERTAIN ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1499 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-22T14:36:18+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:43:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2024680-057e-496b-999e-e3308478cf31"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1821aa00e7d0b63b0041deef62eae2d0ec66a1d4f8bac9af6083cb4d779d4dde"
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 1499 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS CHILD ABUSE/RAPE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMISSION; CONCERNING NOTICE OF SEVERE MALTREATMENT REPORTS; AND CONCERNING CERTAIN ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS.

## 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%2FHB1499-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1499-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1499-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1499-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1499-S3.pdf)
6. **HB 1499** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1499.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–11** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in. — **78–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **84–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T14:36:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:04:15+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`
- **2021-03-01T14:33:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-01T14:33:44+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01T17:16:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T13:41:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-16T13:41:28+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16T16:21:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T23:00:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T21:19:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T19:01:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T19:01:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T13:31:31+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-14T13:31:40+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-14T18:15:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T18:16:04+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:05:57+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-15T20:06:12+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-04-15T20:06:27+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-15T21:11:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T21:12:07+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T18:43:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it do pass as amended, Amendment #3. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T20:19:50+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-20T20:19:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-20T20:20:08+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-20T22:24:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T20:31:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T20:34:14+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1, #2 and #3.
- **2021-04-21T22:37:16+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2 & 3
- **2021-04-21T22:37:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T15:06:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 & 3 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:36:22+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:36:33+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:37:22+00:00** Senate amendment # 3 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:37:25+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:10:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:43:24+00:00** Notification that HB1499 is now Act 975 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2024680-057e-496b-999e-e3308478cf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).