---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
description: "TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Arkansas SB 346 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T18:59:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:20:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef49864a-4c56-4ace-8502-9044c48b581f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ec98e1dc707fcdf3482786adec8176ffbe13ab7142ece84c1e3928a96fb91413"
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 346 (2023) — TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=363.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB346-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB346.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T18:59:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T19:35:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T14:23:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-07T14:23:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T14:23:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T19:20:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T19:20:38+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T18:19:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T18:57:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T18:57:51+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-14T21:21:29+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-14T22:06:13+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`
- **2023-03-15T16:19:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T19:54:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:54:37+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:06:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T21:06:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T21:34:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T21:34:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:20:47+00:00** Notification that SB346 is now Act 363 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef49864a-4c56-4ace-8502-9044c48b581f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).