Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1646: TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA
Status: Chaptered, April 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act concerning kindergarten through grade five library media centers; to require certain materials to be stored in locked compartments within a designated area; and for other purposes. subtitle to require certain materials to be stored in locked compartments within a designated area.
From the enrolled text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT CONCERNING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 25, Subchapter 1, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 6-25-107. Certain materials limited. (a) A library media center located in a public school building that is configured as an elementary school and in which kindergarten through grade five (K-5) students are enrolled shall store non-age-appropriate sexual content, including without limitation a book or other resource that is located in the library media center that is available to the public, in a locked compartment within a designated area. (b) A library media center located in a public school building that is configured as an elementary school and in which kindergarten through grade five (K-5) students are enrolled shall not allow a student enrolled in the school to view or check out a book or other resource that concerns non-ageappropriate sexual content and that is stored in a locked compartment within a designated area unless the library media center receives …
Sponsors
- Richard McGrew (R, 85) · primary sponsor
- Matt McKee (R, 6)
Latest actions
- : Notification that HB1646 is now Act 917
- : Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- : TO BE ENROLLED
- : Returned from the Senate as passed.
- : Returned to the House as passed.
- : Read the third time and passed.
- : Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1646 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
- : Read the third time and failed.
- : Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- : Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
Votes
- Senate Roll Call #1296 (April 15, 2025): 28 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call #1203 (April 14, 2025): 16 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call #985 (April 8, 2025): 33 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #805 (April 1, 2025): 75 yea, 14 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #684 (March 20, 2025): 93 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #683 (March 20, 2025): 93 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1646?
- HB1646 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA.
- What does HB1646 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act concerning kindergarten through grade five library media centers; to require certain materials to be stored in locked compartments within a designated area; and for other purposes. subtitle to require certain materials to be stored in locked compartments within a designated area.
- What is the status of HB1646?
- Chaptered as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Notification that HB1646 is now Act 917 (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1646?
- Richard McGrew (R, 85), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB1646?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HB1646
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