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ArkansasHB15512025 Regular SessionHouse

TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CRIMINAL ABORTION; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF COERCED CRIMINAL ABORTION BY MEANS OF FRAUD.

Sponsored By: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), Ben Gilmore (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Pregnant women gain abortion drug protections

Arkansas law creates a Class B felony for knowingly giving a pregnant woman an abortion-inducing drug without her knowledge or consent. The person must act with the purpose of causing a chemical abortion. Covered drugs and substances include off-label uses of mifepristone, RU-486, Mifeprex, Cytotec, misoprostol, and methotrexate. The definition excludes medicines prescribed for other medical reasons that may raise miscarriage risk, such as chemotherapy or diagnostic drugs. It also excludes contraceptives, emergency contraceptives, and methotrexate used to treat an ectopic pregnancy. Prosecutors can bring additional charges under other laws if the drug causes death or bodily injury to the woman or an unborn child.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Jimmy Gazaway

    Republican • House

  • Ben Gilmore

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 228 • No: 0

House vote • 4/2/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:13:44 PM

Yes: 95 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/19/2025

Senate Vote - Wednesday, March 19, 2025 5:54:05 PM

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 3/13/2025

House Vote - Thursday, March 13, 2025 2:22:50 PM

Yes: 99 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1551 is now Act 485

    4/8/2025House

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    4/3/2025House

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    4/2/2025House

  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

    4/2/2025House

  5. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1

    3/20/2025House

  6. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .

    3/19/2025Senate

  7. Read the third time and passed.

    3/19/2025Senate

  8. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/18/2025Senate

  9. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

    3/18/2025Senate

  10. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.

    3/18/2025Senate

  11. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

    3/17/2025Senate

  12. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    3/13/2025Senate

  13. Received from the House.

    3/13/2025Senate

  14. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    3/13/2025House

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/12/2025House

  16. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

    3/12/2025House

  17. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

    3/12/2025House

  18. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

    3/11/2025House

  19. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

    2/20/2025House

  20. Filed

    2/20/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1551 - Introduced

    2/20/2025

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  • Act Version

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