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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
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description: "TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 346"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 346 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "Hester"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-01T18:59:03+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-24T16:20:47+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef49864a-4c56-4ace-8502-9044c48b581f"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "ec98e1dc707fcdf3482786adec8176ffbe13ab7142ece84c1e3928a96fb91413"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 346 (2023) — TO PROMOTE PERMANENCY AND TO STRENGTHEN KINSHIP PLACEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=363.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB346-S1.pdf)
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3. **SB 346** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB346.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C. Fite — primary (person)
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- Hester — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-01T18:59:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-03-01T19:35:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07T14:23:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2023-03-07T14:23:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-07T14:23:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2023-03-07T19:20:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-07T19:20:38+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13T18:19:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14T18:57:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-14T18:57:51+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-03-14T21:21:29+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-03-14T22:06:13+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`
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- **2023-03-15T16:19:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-16T19:54:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16T19:54:37+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-03-16T21:06:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2023-03-16T21:06:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-03-16T21:34:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-03-16T21:34:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-24T16:20:47+00:00** Notification that SB346 is now Act 363 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef49864a-4c56-4ace-8502-9044c48b581f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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