---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING YOUTHS IN FOSTER CARE; AND TO CERTIFY UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTHS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING YOUTHS IN FOSTER CARE; AND TO CERTIFY UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTHS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1462"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1462 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Scott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T19:22:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:18:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0759476-6d53-479c-b14e-8c2913c8848c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "52e9362767dbeadc43dee19148421a143a2ff689fd964a1136cf4c23d3b94af5"
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 1462 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING YOUTHS IN FOSTER CARE; AND TO CERTIFY UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTHS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=506.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1462-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1462-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1462** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1462.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T19:22:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T23:24:38+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`
- **2023-03-01T14:34:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T14:34:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-01T16:11:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T14:37:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:37:31+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T16:37:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T17:32:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T17:45:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T20:04:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:04:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:18:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:53+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:20:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:09:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:18:36+00:00** Notification that HB1462 is now Act 506 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0759476-6d53-479c-b14e-8c2913c8848c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).