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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill TO CREATE THE KEEP KIDS FIRST ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTIONS FROM DISCRIMINATION FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. TO CREATE THE KEEP KIDS FIRST ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTIONS FROM DISCRIMINATION FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. us/states/ar Arkansas Legislature 2025 HB 1669 Arkansas HB 1669 (2025)
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Arkansas HB 1669 (2025) — TO CREATE THE KEEP KIDS FIRST ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTIONS FROM DISCRIMINATION FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE PROVIDERS ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

Version chain

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

  1. Act 509 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB 1669 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-04T20:51:46+00:00 Filed introduction
  • 2025-03-04T23:33:51+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-12T16:50:15+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
  • 2025-03-13T19:55:50+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-03-13T22:42:30+00:00 Received from the House.
  • 2025-03-13T22:42:39+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-19T18:44:04+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-20T19:07:00+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  • 2025-03-20T19:07:06+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  • 2025-03-20T20:43:45+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  • 2025-03-31T21:48:00+00:00 Read the third time and failed. reading-3
  • 2025-03-31T21:49:04+00:00 Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1669 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
  • 2025-04-03T18:55:46+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2025-04-03T18:56:01+00:00 Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  • 2025-04-03T20:24:21+00:00 Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  • 2025-04-03T20:24:29+00:00 Re-referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE referral-committee
  • 2025-04-07T16:27:07+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 committee-passage
  • 2025-04-08T19:15:14+00:00 Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  • 2025-04-08T19:15:16+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
  • 2025-04-08T19:15:20+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  • 2025-04-10T21:26:38+00:00 Notification that HB1669 is now Act 509 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2ba7f1d-1b45-4fd0-aed1-7dbea2934e16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).