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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1668: TO CREATE THE VULNERABLE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE A CIVIL ACTION FOR SOCIAL TRANSITIONING AND CASTRATION, STERILIZATION, OR MUTILATION OF A MINOR.

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 1668 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE THE VULNERABLE YOUTH PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AUTHORIZE A CIVIL ACTION FOR SOCIAL TRANSITIONING AND CASTRATION, STERILIZATION, OR MUTILATION OF A MINOR. Primary sponsor: Alan Clark (Republican), Mary Bentley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 1, 2025): WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR.

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
Alan ClarkPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Mary BentleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse54

“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 WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR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. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  3. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  4. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  5. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  6. Filed

Sources

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