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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1678: TO AMEND THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS SAFETY ACT TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CLARIFY THE CIVIL PENALTIES.

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 1678 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS SAFETY ACT TO INCREASE THE CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CLARIFY THE CIVIL PENALTIES. Primary sponsor: John Payton (Republican), Wayne Long (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Recommended for study in the Interim by the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John PaytonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Wayne LongPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Mary BentleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Harlan BreauxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Matt BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Alyssa BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Cameron CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cindy CrawfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Richard McGrewCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Ryan RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Johnny RyeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Randy TorresCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Kendon UnderwoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Richard WomackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90

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 WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR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

Sources

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