THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
AR HB1615 (2025)
To Amend The Law Concerning Religious Nondiscrimination.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Session
- 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Notification that HB1615 is now Act 677
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Religious Exemptions: MarriageReligious Exemptions: Trans DNE
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Draft text (Feb 27, 2025) at arkleg.state.ar.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Chaptered text (Apr 21, 2025) at arkleg.state.ar.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Filed | |
| House | Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE | |
| House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. | |
| House | Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. | |
| House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED | |
| House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. | |
| House | Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. | |
| House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED | |
| House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. | |
| House | Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. | |
| House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED | |
| House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. | |
| House | Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. | |
| House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED | |
| House | Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 5 | |
| House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. | |
| House | Amendment No. 5 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. | |
| House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED | |
| House | Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. | |
| Senate | Received from the House. | |
| Senate | Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE | |
| Senate | Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass | |
| Senate | Read the third time and passed. | |
| Senate | Returned to the House as passed. | |
| House | Returned from the Senate as passed. | |
| House | TO BE ENROLLED | |
| House | Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. | |
| House | Notification that HB1615 is now Act 677 |
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