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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: "HB 1427"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1427 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T19:50:25+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-20T16:26:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837a4056-5bf2-4656-8c9c-3c05b974170e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9a42a15e861798fe045c99535f52c54b8292d3b42a1919286b289ecea01a9045"
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 1427 (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 124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=124.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1427.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.
- **2025-02-06T19:50:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T23:28:19+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`
- **2025-02-11T19:34:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T20:41:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:44:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:44:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T23:16:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T17:30:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T17:30:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:35:30+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:35:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:24:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-20T16:26:31+00:00** Notification that HB1427 is now Act 124 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/837a4056-5bf2-4656-8c9c-3c05b974170e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).