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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1679: TO AMEND THE REVISED ARKANSAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; TO ALLOW CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS TO REVOKE OR AMEND AN ANATOMICAL GIFT UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONOR; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING OF PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

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 1679 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE REVISED ARKANSAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; TO ALLOW CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS TO REVOKE OR AMEND AN ANATOMICAL GIFT UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONOR; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING OF PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS. Primary sponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Matt Brown (Republican). It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Notification that HB1679 is now Act 861.

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): Democratic 1 · Republican 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Missy IrvinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Matt BrownPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Brandon AchorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Howard BeatyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Mary BentleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Alyssa BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Cameron CooperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Matt DuffieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Jon EubanksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Tony FurmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Jimmy GazawayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Zack GramlichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
R.J. HawkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Wayne LongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Steve MagieCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56
McCollumCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Stephen MeeksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Jon MilliganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Jeremiah MooreCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Stetson PainterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Aaron PilkingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
Ryan RoseCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Bart SchulzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Trey SteimelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Kendon UnderwoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Steven WalkerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27

“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 HB1679 is now Act 861
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2
  7. Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
  10. Read the third time and passed.
  11. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  12. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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