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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 623: CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE INMATES AND DETAINEES IN CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITIES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF AN INMATE OR DETAINEE WHO IS PREGNANT OR HAS RECENTLY DELIVERED A CHILD.

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

SB 623 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on April 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF FEMALE INMATES AND DETAINEES IN CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITIES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE TREATMENT OF AN INMATE OR DETAINEE WHO IS PREGNANT OR HAS RECENTLY DELIVERED A CHILD. Primary sponsor: Ashley Hudson (Democratic), Jamie Scott (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): 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): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ashley HudsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Jamie ScottPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate12

“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. Sine Die adjournment
  2. Recommended for study in the Interim Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  4. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  5. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
  7. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  8. Filed

Sources

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