HB 1921 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE AGENCY LICENSING ACT; TO AMEND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR FOSTER PARENTS; AND TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF TRAINING AND CERTIFYING RELATIVES AS FOSTER PARENTS.

HB 1921 amends the Child Welfare Agency Licensing Act to modify the training and certification process for foster parents. The bill specifies that the Division of Children and Family Services will not require provisional foster homes to undergo the same amount of hourly training as other foster homes. It also aims to streamline the process for training and certifying relatives who wish to become foster parents.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 824 HB 1921 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was converted from an approved act (Act 824) to a new bill number (HB 1921) for the 95th General Assembly, with the approval date removed from the header. This appears to be a procedural renumbering rather than a substantive policy change.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (4/17/25) from the bill header, indicating this is a new bill version rather than an enacted law.

Added blank lines in the header section, likely for formatting or spacing purposes in the new bill version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1921 is now Act 824
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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