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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1252: TO ESTABLISH THE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA CERTIFICATION ACT; AND TO CERTIFY BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM DOULAS IN THIS STATE TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1252 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO ESTABLISH THE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA CERTIFICATION ACT; AND TO CERTIFY BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM DOULAS IN THIS STATE TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND INFANT OUTCOMES. Primary sponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 21, 2025): Notification that HB1252 is now Act 965.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Missy IrvinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Lee JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Notification that HB1252 is now Act 965
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  5. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  6. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  7. Read the third time and passed.
  8. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  9. Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
  10. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  11. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  12. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source