SB 450 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE A HUMAN FETAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION IN THE RELEVANT STANDARDS DURING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC STANDARDS REVISION CYCLE.

Senate Bill 450 (SB 450) requires the Arkansas Department of Education to incorporate a discussion of human fetal growth and development into its academic standards. This provision will be implemented during the regular academic standards revision cycle, affecting the curriculum taught to public school students. The bill specifies that this discussion must include a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation. This visual aid will depict the process of fertilization and every stage of human development inside the uterus, noting significant markers in cell growth and organ development during each week of pregnancy until birth.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Signed Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 915 → SB 450 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from Act 915 to SB 450, removing the approval date and adding blank lines. This is a technical formatting change with no substantive policy impact.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (4/21/25) that was present in the previous Act 915 version.

Added blank lines at the beginning of the bill text for formatting purposes.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB450 is now Act 915

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Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

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Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

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Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

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Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Filed

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2 primary · 12 co-sponsors