---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR."
description: "TO AMEND THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1292"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1292 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T16:47:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T22:48:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5e523c-8041-46bb-89b7-66227de24047"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4cca73489cbad7dae5543d94cd36a18b5fd1af5a4dd51aaddec7c8f144b48916"
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 1292 (2025) — TO AMEND THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=139.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1292-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1292-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1292.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T16:47:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:39:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T14:30:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-04T14:30:12+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04T17:02:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-12T17:31:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T14:30:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-13T14:31:19+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13T16:58:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-17T20:03:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-17T21:22:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-17T21:22:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:35:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:58:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:58:39+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-20T19:09:56+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-20T19:10:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:10:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:48:40+00:00** Notification that HB1292 is now Act 139 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b5e523c-8041-46bb-89b7-66227de24047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).