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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1946: TO REQUIRE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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 1946 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO REQUIRE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Primary sponsor: Clint Penzo (Republican), Mary Bentley (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
Clint PenzoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
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. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Roll Call Requested. Five Hands were Seen. Motion Failed.
  3. Motion to Extract HB1946 from Committee. Motion Failed.
  4. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
  5. Received from the House.
  6. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  7. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  8. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  9. Filed

Sources

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