---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROBATE ACTIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTION AND GUARDIANSHIP."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROBATE ACTIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTION AND GUARDIANSHIP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1838"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1838 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Dalby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T19:37:16+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T21:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/738d7a1e-df49-4284-9a9a-ccc366383507"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "80b8db03ec686a8a4211528451956b169f802bc10d68f0d6ad8fada081ef50b7"
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 1838 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROBATE ACTIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTION AND GUARDIANSHIP.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=713.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1838** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1838.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Dalby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T19:37:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:30:46+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`
- **2025-03-20T19:56:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:31:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:30:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:31:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:55:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T01:39:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:39:11+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:47:20+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:47:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:47:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T21:08:14+00:00** Notification that HB1838 is now Act 713 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/738d7a1e-df49-4284-9a9a-ccc366383507`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).