---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE TO END CHILD ABUSE."
description: "TO CREATE THE BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE TO END CHILD ABUSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1894"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1894 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Barker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08T18:58:32+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:17:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86f8a2d-c90d-4e81-bc9e-4a398bb18667"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24314c7ab83b741d1261d788979562a799e38acd78070c885ab65c4f2974f852"
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 1894 (2021) — TO CREATE THE BLUE RIBBON TASK FORCE TO END CHILD ABUSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1894** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1894.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T18:58:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T23:17:16+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`
- **2021-04-14T23:21:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T19:12:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T22:27:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:27:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T23:15:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T23:09:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T23:10:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:45:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T00:45:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:12:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:17:02+00:00** Notification that HB1894 is now Act 920 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86f8a2d-c90d-4e81-bc9e-4a398bb18667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).