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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1611: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ANIMAL FIGHTING WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL ANIMAL FIGHTING; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL ROOSTER FIGHTING.

Passed one chamber 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 1611 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ANIMAL FIGHTING WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL ANIMAL FIGHTING; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL ROOSTER FIGHTING. Primary sponsor: Steve Crowell (Republican), Justin Gonzales (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

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
Steve CrowellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Justin GonzalesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse89

“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. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. Received from the House.
  4. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  5. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  6. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  7. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  8. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
  9. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  10. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  11. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  12. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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