---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THAT A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY OPERATE A NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN ACT."
description: "TO CLARIFY THAT A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY OPERATE A NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1098"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1098 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T20:18:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T22:59:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4378f65a-9d25-4c9c-a9b7-9141d8000b23"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c42ed1af4bb7543228f365666b4317c60be0849f8ba1deaa948c4751d00533dd"
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 1098 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THAT A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY OPERATE A NEWBORN SAFETY DEVICE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER THE SAFE HAVEN ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=68.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1098-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1098.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Duke — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T20:18:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T22:33:56+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`
- **2023-01-19T17:05:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T14:32:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-23T14:32:08+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-23T16:58:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-24T19:52:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:55:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-24T20:55:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:20:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:32:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:32:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:00+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-09T20:27:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-14T22:59:44+00:00** Notification that HB1098 is now Act 68 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4378f65a-9d25-4c9c-a9b7-9141d8000b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).