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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSENT TO ADOPTION AND RELINQUISHMENT OF PARENTAL RIGHTS DURING THE ADOPTION PROCESS; AND CONCERNING THE REPORT OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO AN ADOPTION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSENT TO ADOPTION AND RELINQUISHMENT OF PARENTAL RIGHTS DURING THE ADOPTION PROCESS; AND CONCERNING THE REPORT OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO AN ADOPTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1379"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1379 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-02T19:21:28+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-06T16:27:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4697cbe0-8ec7-4bb7-b2a6-7228ba14ac87"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "34a733074271f5bf0e5586eae8853ff550e5dab3c11946883ab9c06e013bf6b4"
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 1379 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONSENT TO ADOPTION AND RELINQUISHMENT OF PARENTAL RIGHTS DURING THE ADOPTION PROCESS; AND CONCERNING THE REPORT OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO AN ADOPTION.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1379-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1379-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1379** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1379.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **971** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-02T19:21:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-02T22:14:18+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`
- **2021-02-24T14:25:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-24T14:25:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24T17:44:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T23:33:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T14:32:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:32:37+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:38:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-10T19:17:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:10:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:11:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:25:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:22:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:22:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:48:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-06T16:27:13+00:00** Notification that HB1379 is now Act 599 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4697cbe0-8ec7-4bb7-b2a6-7228ba14ac87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).