---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL PROVISIONS OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY REVIEW BOARD TO PROMULGATE OR ENFORCE CERTAIN RULES."
description: "TO REPEAL PROVISIONS OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY REVIEW BOARD TO PROMULGATE OR ENFORCE CERTAIN RULES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1797"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1797 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T18:23:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:28:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b42c93da-bc13-4914-b533-dbc263139024"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "06ccb942b9962f33836e947cea9a8fccfcc64492a85e7294885c3349f9ab8db0"
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 1797 (2021) — TO REPEAL PROVISIONS OF THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY REVIEW BOARD TO PROMULGATE OR ENFORCE CERTAIN RULES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1797** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1797.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T18:23:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:20:48+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`
- **2021-03-31T21:55:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T19:21:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T21:18:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:18:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:30:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:27:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:27:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:34:21+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:34:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T14:16:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:28:17+00:00** Notification that HB1797 is now Act 673 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b42c93da-bc13-4914-b533-dbc263139024`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).