AR-HB1669-2025
Arkansas · HB 1669 · 2025
To Create The Keep Kids First Act; And To Provide For Protections From Discrimination For Adoption And Foster Care Providers Acting In Accordance With Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs.
- Bill key
- AR-HB1669-2025
- State
- Arkansas
- Session
- 2025
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.B. 1669, 95th Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Ark. 2025) (enacted), https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=hb1669&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R.
- Short citation
- Ark. H.B. 1669.
- Enacted as
- Notification that HB1669 is now Act 509
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
To Create The Keep Kids First Act; And To Provide For Protections From Discrimination For Adoption And Foster Care Providers Acting In Accordance With Sincerely Held Religious Bel…
Curator notes
Specifically mentiones sexual orientation and gender identity multiple times
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bentley | Republican | Representative | HD-054 | Primary sponsor |
| Alan Clark | Republican | Senator | SD-007 | Primary sponsor |
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House Aging, Children and Youth Committee
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House Aging, Children and Youth Committee
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House Aging, Children and Youth Committee
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Model-bill lineage
Model-bill templates this bill matches
- Protecting Freedom of Conscience (MS HB1523) Derived
- Child Protection Act (agency conscience exemptions) Shares provisions
- Marriage Tolerance Act (First Amendment Defense Act) Shares provisions
- First Amendment Defense Act Shares provisions
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Bill text
- As introduced (15,998 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
- As enrolled or final (15,077 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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