---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEPENDENCY-NEGLECT PETITIONS, HEARINGS, AND THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO A PUTATIVE PARENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUVENILE CODE OF 1989."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEPENDENCY-NEGLECT PETITIONS, HEARINGS, AND THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO A PUTATIVE PARENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUVENILE CODE OF 1989."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1815"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1815 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T22:04:15+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:00:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd0a21f4-c586-4f5d-88d3-6c9014a0f833"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1395151931f02ba0a120e5e77c3dc0e46406cdd45ef369536bfb1159ff9d876f"
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 1815 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEPENDENCY-NEGLECT PETITIONS, HEARINGS, AND THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO A PUTATIVE PARENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUVENILE CODE OF 1989.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1815** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1815.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T22:04:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:24:35+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`
- **2021-04-05T21:27:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:08:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T23:08:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-06T23:09:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:05:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T20:14:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T20:14:33+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:07:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:00:55+00:00** Notification that HB1815 is now Act 813 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd0a21f4-c586-4f5d-88d3-6c9014a0f833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).