HB 1153 Arkansas House · 2023 Regular Session

TO INCREASE YOUTH VOICE AND ALLOW A JUVENILE'S PREFERENCES CONCERNING FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS AND FAMILY TIME TO BE CONSIDERED REGARDLESS OF AGE IF HE OR SHE IS OF SUFFICIENT AGE AND CAPACITY TO REASON; AND TO ESTABLISH SAMANTHA'S LAW.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Feb 2023

House Passage

Feb 2023

Senate Passage

Feb 2023

Signed into Law

Mar 2023

Introduced Jan 17, 2023 Signed Mar 2, 2023

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2023 · House Feb 20, 2023

How they voted

20–1

Passed

Total votes 21

Feb 27, 2023

D Democratic2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1 Nay

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 2, 2023

Signed into law

Notification that HB1153 is now Act 168

lower

Feb 27, 2023

Lower · Passed

Returned From the Senate as passed.

lower

Feb 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Feb 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Feb 22, 2023

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Feb 20, 2023

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Feb 16, 2023

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 15, 2023

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

lower

Feb 13, 2023

Committee

Re-referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE

lower

Feb 9, 2023

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 8, 2023

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

lower

Jan 17, 2023

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors