---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Arkansas SB 18 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-17T22:30:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T15:53:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d05d334-0db6-4083-9960-faff594a9dba"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dbfac116f1638ef63398a4d3956d9f272bd7f0e05952c4ff0ed12a392cbe12e1"
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 SB 18 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION.

## 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%2FSB18-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB18-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB18-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB18-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 18** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB18.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **71–16** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T22:30:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:54:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T19:56:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28T20:03:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-28T20:03:28+00:00** Amendment #2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted.
- **2021-01-28T20:04:02+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-01-28T20:05:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-28T21:56:40+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-01-28T22:35:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-01T19:56:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T19:57:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:28:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-01T21:54:27+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`
- **2021-03-17T23:38:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T13:33:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T13:33:19+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-22T15:32:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T20:30:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:30:28+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-29T22:32:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-29T22:32:58+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:07:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:20:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:20:10+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-01T18:20:20+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-01T18:20:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:20:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T15:20:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-05T15:21:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08T15:53:04+00:00** Notification that SB18 is now Act 604 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d05d334-0db6-4083-9960-faff594a9dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).