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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1302: TO ADD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TO THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT.

In committee 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 1302 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO ADD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TO THE UNIVERSAL NEWBORN SCREENING ACT. Primary sponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
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. WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
  2. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  3. Filed

Sources

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