---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A STUDY OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
description: "TO CREATE A STUDY OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "Arkansas SB 204 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Hendren", "McKenzie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-26T19:49:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T15:56:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d8dcb01-d8f1-4f72-82cb-2a713446c68a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2b6b725f317558542942b1e6e6a77660ba764b3cef2c63021b0e10703698326"
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 204 (2021) — TO CREATE A STUDY OF THE BEST PRACTICES FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

## 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%2FSB204-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 204** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB204.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Hendren — primary (person)
- McKenzie — primary (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T19:49:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T20:19:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T19:14:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:23:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:23:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T20:52:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:06:26+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`
- **2021-03-29T22:27:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:06:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T18:07:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:25:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T19:05:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:06:06+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-31T21:40:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-01T18:28:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:29:03+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-01T18:29:10+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-01T18:29:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:29:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T15:24:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-05T15:24:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T15:56:44+00:00** Notification that SB204 is now Act 574 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d8dcb01-d8f1-4f72-82cb-2a713446c68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).