Arkansas

Arkansas: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

57 bills: 51 Anti-LGBTQ+, 6 Pro-LGBTQ+. 28 are enacted (26 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed29254
Enacted28262

Most recent bills

All 57 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Arkansas: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Arkansas, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152011: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2015: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2017: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2021: 15 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 13 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+20112013201520172019202120232025Bills introduced each year in Arkansas, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520132016201920222025

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Arkansas by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.024682011: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2013: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+2015: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2021: 8 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 8 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+20112013201520172019202120232025Enacted bills in Arkansas by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2011 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0246820132016201920222025
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
202515132770
20231091880
202115150880
2019110000
2017871000
2015110110
2013330220
2011422202

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents220
Bathrooms & facilities11110
Sports participation550
Youth gender-affirming care550
Insurance coverage110
Prisons, jails & detention110
Schools & curriculum642
DEI & bias training330
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship541
Marriage, family & custody770
Nondiscrimination protections220
Hate crimes202
Religious exemptions13130
Conversion therapy101
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law101
Symbolic resolutions & recognition330
Government process, funding & data110

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors550
Forced Outing: Schools440
Religious Exemptions: Medical440
Religious Exemptions: RFRA440
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education330
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care330
Religious Exemptions: Marriage330
Religious Exemptions: Trans DNE330
Sports Ban: K12330
Sports Ban: SWSA330
Trans Bathroom Ban330
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12330
Show the other 51 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Accommodations330
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties330
Anti-Bullying202
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Athletics220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Bathrooms220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Healthcare220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: K12220
Censorship: KOSA-Type Social Media Law220
Censorship: Online Obscenity220
Child Custody Bill220
DEI Ban: K12220
Don't Say Gay: K12220
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12220
Don't Say Trans: K12220
Forced Outing: Mental Emotional Well-Being220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA220
Misgendering: Forced220
Religious Exemptions: PFCGDA220
Sports Ban: Colleges220
Anti-Censorship: Book Ban Ban101
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage110
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Broad Discrimination: Local Ordinances110
Censorship: Book Ban110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
Conversion Therapy Ban101
Discrimination In Education110
Don't Say Gay110
Don't Say Trans110
End Legal Recognition: SWWA110
End Trans Panic Defense101
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Insurance Prohibition110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: JFA110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: SAFE Act110
Gender Marker Change Ban110
Hate Crime Classification101
Misgendering: Permitted110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: Colleges110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12110
Prison Placement Ban110
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score110
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws101
Same-Sex Marriage Ban110
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment110
Social Transition Ban110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Prisons110
Trans Segregation Bill: Shelters110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
HouseHouse State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee on
HouseHouse Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Meeting on
SenateSenate Judiciary on
HouseHouse State Agencies - Governmental Affairs Committee on
SenateSenate Judiciary on
HouseHouse Judiciary Committee on
SenateSenate Public Transport Tech and Leg Affairs on
SenateSenate Judiciary on
HouseHouse Aging, Children and Youth Committee on
HouseHouse Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Meeting on

All 84 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Mary BentleyRRepresentativeHD-05417
Alan ClarkRSenatorSD-00715
Gary StubblefieldRSenatorSD-02614
Robin LundstrumRRepresentativeHD-01812
Cindy CrawfordRRepresentativeHD-05111
Bart HesterRSenatorSD-0339
Blake JohnsonRSenatorSD-0219
Jason RapertRSenatorSD-0359
Kim HammerRSenatorSD-0168
Marcus RichmondRRepresentativeHD-0528

All 165 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

No court cases are listed for this jurisdiction.

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.