---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023; AND TO INCLUDE GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS AS A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023; AND TO INCLUDE GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS AS A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1916"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1916 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Bentley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T18:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:00:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1916e98b-8938-475c-8e52-f8887ac5d8d8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "127f3cd46390d619f60b7d33e491d9ed54313e2ca33c996d5dc0b3d95b2b1c7f"
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 1916 (2025) — TO AMEND THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023; AND TO INCLUDE GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS AS A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 979** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=979.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1916-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1916** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1916.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Bentley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T18:05:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:11:45+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T13:34:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T13:34:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02T16:15:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T19:09:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T20:56:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:32:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:32:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T00:21:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T21:14:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:14:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:20:50+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:20:52+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:15:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:00:31+00:00** Notification that HB1916 is now Act 979 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1916e98b-8938-475c-8e52-f8887ac5d8d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).