---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE STATE OVERSIGHT OF QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND OTHER REGULATED FACILITIES."
description: "TO PROVIDE STATE OVERSIGHT OF QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND OTHER REGULATED FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1446"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1446 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16T16:54:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:14:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53aee61e-b8f9-4643-acbc-a5260d359e3b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "26a95336e51d2ba3dd33206d5770d7b4e3dfe8338273fa0b7ed07ab13d3a39ae"
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 1446 (2023) — TO PROVIDE STATE OVERSIGHT OF QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN IN PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITIES AND OTHER REGULATED FACILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 806** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=806.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1446-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1446-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1446-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1446** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1446.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T16:54:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T22:33:56+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`
- **2023-03-13T13:31:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T13:31:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13T15:33:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T13:32:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T13:32:28+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T15:44:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T17:06:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:30:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:47:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:47:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:12:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T02:26:27+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T02:26:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T02:26:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-06T04:06:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T16:45:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:45:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T17:36:50+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T17:37:38+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T18:58:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T14:14:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T14:14:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T17:04:56+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:14:03+00:00** Notification that HB1446 is now Act 806 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53aee61e-b8f9-4643-acbc-a5260d359e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).