---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE A HUMAN FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION IN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS DURING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC STANDARDS REVISION CYCLE."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE A HUMAN FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION IN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS DURING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC STANDARDS REVISION CYCLE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Arkansas SB 450 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "K. Moore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-13T14:02:20+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:39:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94efc0f5-3af2-48ef-8ff5-a5e98fbdf158"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24266d0f6ed801ce00fb2863b6f92cc5155f53f1589f9bc390422e615c0c4495"
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 450 (2025) — TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE A HUMAN FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION IN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS DURING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC STANDARDS REVISION CYCLE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 915** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=915.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB450-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB450.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- K. Moore — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13T14:02:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T18:47:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:45:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T20:46:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:46:58+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:44:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:46:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T21:00:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T20:58:52+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T20:58:56+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:55:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:55:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:36:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:36:32+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:39:53+00:00** Notification that SB450 is now Act 915 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94efc0f5-3af2-48ef-8ff5-a5e98fbdf158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).