---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING REPORTS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS WHO ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; TO PROHIBIT ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF CHILD MALTREATMENT; AND TO AMEND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CHILD MALTREATMENT."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING REPORTS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS WHO ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; TO PROHIBIT ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF CHILD MALTREATMENT; AND TO AMEND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CHILD MALTREATMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1560"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1560 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06T21:22:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:51:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d9d3ece-645b-4cf8-8840-e97c0439083c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "add10813cb6bea453c5f47ad3d0ade362c01f9f4f90c11612b25a4f165b8b158"
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 1560 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE LAW REGARDING REPORTS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT WITH ALLEGED VICTIMS WHO ARE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; TO PROHIBIT ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF CHILD MALTREATMENT; AND TO AMEND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT CHILD MALTREATMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=727.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1560-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1560** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1560.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **59–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T21:22:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T22:30:02+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`
- **2023-03-15T16:18:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T13:30:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T13:30:08+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-16T15:45:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T21:09:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:51:11+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:51:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:15:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T00:56:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:44:23+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote by which HB1560 passed. Motion Carried.
- **2023-04-06T01:44:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:44:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:58:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:58:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:51:49+00:00** Notification that HB1560 is now Act 727 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d9d3ece-645b-4cf8-8840-e97c0439083c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).