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Arkansas HB1916

HEALTHCAREPASSED

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.

Legislative Session

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95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)

Selected quotes

A healthcare professional who performs a gender transition procedure or a mental health professional who performs gender-affirming intervention on a minor is liable to the minor if the minor is injured, including without limitation any physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological injury, by the gender transition procedure, gender-affirming intervention, related treatment, or the after effects of the gender transition procedure, or gender-affirming intervention, or related treatment.

Links

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Calendar

datetimetypelocationdescription
2025-04-1400:00HearingRoom 151House State Agencies & Govt'l Affairs
2025-04-0810:00HearingRoom 149House Judiciary Committee
2025-04-0710:00HearingRoom 149House Judiciary Committee
2025-04-0309:00HearingRoom 149House Judiciary Committee
2025-04-0209:00HearingRoom 149House Judiciary Committee
2025-04-0110:00HearingRoom 149House Judiciary Committee

History

DateAction
2025-04-22Notification that HB1916 is now Act 979
2025-04-16Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2025-04-15Read the third time and passed.
2025-04-15Returned to the House as passed.
2025-04-15Returned from the Senate as passed.
2025-04-15TO BE ENROLLED
2025-04-14Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2025-04-09Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2025-04-09Received from the House.
2025-04-09Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
2025-04-08Returned by the Committee Do Pass
2025-04-02Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
2025-04-02Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
2025-04-02REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2025-03-31Filed
2025-03-31Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE