---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 9 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING FAMILY LAW."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 9 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING FAMILY LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 428"
citation: "Arkansas SB 428 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T21:00:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:12:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/058fd99b-ba66-4ba6-9115-0dfd26aa60d2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d4b0bd447ed311050c8a838076502e52325e88a211020f098b9a07699354a140"
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 428 (2021) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 9 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING FAMILY LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 428** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB428.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T21:00:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T21:44:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:32:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T19:12:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T19:12:23+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T20:54:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:10:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T23:22:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T19:48:03+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-03-22T19:48:04+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-03-22T19:48:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T19:48:07+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:40:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:41:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-23T16:03:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-23T16:03:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:12:30+00:00** Notification that SB428 is now Act 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/058fd99b-ba66-4ba6-9115-0dfd26aa60d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).