---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REVISED ARKANSAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; TO ALLOW CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS TO REVOKE OR AMEND AN ANATOMICAL GIFT UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONOR; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING OF PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE REVISED ARKANSAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; TO ALLOW CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS TO REVOKE OR AMEND AN ANATOMICAL GIFT UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONOR; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING OF PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1679"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1679 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T21:52:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:48:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87a3309-b726-47a4-a48a-1fdbb460385f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "352dccbb06381cb405025e7677a22cfdc04b43465d5816663af0d47913065b34"
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 1679 (2025) — TO AMEND THE REVISED ARKANSAS ANATOMICAL GIFT ACT; TO ALLOW CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS TO REVOKE OR AMEND AN ANATOMICAL GIFT UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONOR; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REPORTING OF PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 861** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=861.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1679-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1679-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1679-S2.pdf)
5. **HB 1679** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1679.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)
- A. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T21:52:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T23:36:08+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`
- **2025-03-18T19:45:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T13:31:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:31:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:17:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T19:22:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:21:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:22:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:43:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T12:46:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-08T12:46:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T18:27:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T03:17:54+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T19:11:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T19:12:55+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T19:13:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T19:13:12+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T20:25:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T23:51:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:51:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-04-10T01:29:01+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-10T01:29:07+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T20:16:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T19:47:04+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:48:52+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:48:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:03:15+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:48:04+00:00** Notification that HB1679 is now Act 861 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87a3309-b726-47a4-a48a-1fdbb460385f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).