---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A PARENT TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY GUARDIAN FOR HIS OR HER MINOR CHILD IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE PARENT."
description: "TO ALLOW A PARENT TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY GUARDIAN FOR HIS OR HER MINOR CHILD IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE PARENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 586"
citation: "Arkansas SB 586 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22T18:27:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T15:11:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ec0330-883e-4853-96eb-ba69699250b9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d4a8030e89fc3773c954eb1ef84a08c5715f5ae42eed76a2c1ef747d27518cbb"
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 586 (2021) — TO ALLOW A PARENT TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY GUARDIAN FOR HIS OR HER MINOR CHILD IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE PARENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 586** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB586.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22T18:27:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-22T20:21:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:04:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T19:35:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T19:35:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:39:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:49:13+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`
- **2021-04-07T20:52:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:53:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:53:30+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:34:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:34:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-12T14:58:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-12T14:58:22+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T15:11:01+00:00** Notification that SB586 is now Act 701 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ec0330-883e-4853-96eb-ba69699250b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).