---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE EVERY MOM MATTERS ACT; TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN ARKANSAS; AND TO STABILIZE FAMILIES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN THE STATE."
description: "TO CREATE THE EVERY MOM MATTERS ACT; TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN ARKANSAS; AND TO STABILIZE FAMILIES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1195"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1195 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Dotson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T20:38:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-09T16:23:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb415fc-bfca-449f-a078-e86f581091fb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bcc7ffb700505f619078fff874091233f8764b5b6d921a7b2bd4696e67e15c3a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1195 (2021) — TO CREATE THE EVERY MOM MATTERS ACT; TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE SUPPORT TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN ARKANSAS; AND TO STABILIZE FAMILIES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN THE STATE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1195-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1195-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1195** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1195.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **75–13** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Dotson — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14T20:38:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T21:42:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T14:37:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-26T14:37:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-26T17:20:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-27T14:44:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-27T14:44:30+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27T16:24:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-28T16:56:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01T19:28:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T21:17:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:18:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T22:06:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T20:24:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T20:25:06+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:52:50+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T21:52:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-05T14:05:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-09T16:23:20+00:00** Notification that HB1195 is now Act 90 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb415fc-bfca-449f-a078-e86f581091fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).