---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE HEALTHY MOMS, HEALTHY BABIES ACT; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH IN THIS STATE."
description: "TO CREATE THE HEALTHY MOMS, HEALTHY BABIES ACT; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH IN THIS STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Arkansas SB 213 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T18:32:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:12:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba338bf-6cc4-432a-9a4a-715ae15f25ab"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fb3c59ed1d93876d57027b235d28222d4b012b98a212eb87f5deffca45a7adde"
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 SB 213 (2025) — TO CREATE THE HEALTHY MOMS, HEALTHY BABIES ACT; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH IN THIS STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 140** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=140.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB213.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T18:32:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T18:38:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T23:21:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T22:01:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:01:58+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:30:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-12T23:39:22+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`
- **2025-02-18T20:48:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:40:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:41:05+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:18:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:18:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:39:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:39:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:12:04+00:00** Notification that SB213 is now Act 140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba338bf-6cc4-432a-9a4a-715ae15f25ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).