---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT; AND TO ENSURE THAT NEWBORNS ARE SCREENED FOR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES."
description: "TO CREATE THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT; AND TO ENSURE THAT NEWBORNS ARE SCREENED FOR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1102"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1102 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10T17:22:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:06:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98a026b2-5d36-4c27-ad62-8cd4b54eac51"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d4c2e25409d048eece989cd6fe6a35b828774a91d679439517710d147f3f69e8"
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 1102 (2023) — TO CREATE THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT; AND TO ENSURE THAT NEWBORNS ARE SCREENED FOR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=490.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1102-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1102-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1102.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10T17:22:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-10T22:45:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T14:32:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:32:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23T16:58:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T18:22:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T19:15:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:43:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:43:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:38:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T19:43:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-27T19:43:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T19:44:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T22:38:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T22:38:41+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:39:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T23:15:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T23:15:50+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:03:24+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:03:33+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:26:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T18:51:27+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-05T18:51:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:24:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:06:18+00:00** Notification that HB1102 is now Act 490 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98a026b2-5d36-4c27-ad62-8cd4b54eac51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).