{"bill":{"bill_key":"AR-HB1668-2025","title":"To Create The Vulnerable Youth Protection Act; And To Authorize A Civil Action For Social Transitioning And Castration, Sterilization, Or Mutilation Of A Minor.","side":"anti","state":"AR","year":2025,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"To Create The Vulnerable Youth Protection Act; And To Authorize A Civil Action For Social Transitioning And Castration, Sterilization, Or Mutilation Of A Minor.","notes":"$10K per contributor to social or med transition of a minor; for medical: $10 million minimum punitive damages for successful suit w/ 15 year statute of limitations","types_str":"Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors|Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law|Social Transition Ban|Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA","sponsor_mix":"R","url":"https://legiscan.com/AR/bill/HB1668/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 1668, 95th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ark. 2025), https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1668&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R.","short":"Ark. H.B. 1668."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Mary Bentley","party":"R","state":"AR","district":"HD-054","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-16900"},{"name":"Alan Clark","party":"R","state":"AR","district":"SD-007","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-14966"}],"citations":["AR:16-123-401","AR:16-132","AR:16-132-103","AR:16-63-501"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":15263,"pdf_href":"/bills/AR-HB1668-2025/pdf/0/intro"}]}}