Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SCR5: TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION BY THE WINTHROP P. ROCKEFELLER CANCER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly Regular Session, 2025 SCR By: Senators Irvin, B. Davis, J. English By: Representatives Barker, Bentley, A. Brown, K. Brown, R. Burkes, Cavenaugh, Crawford, Dalby, Duke, Henley, Lundstrum, J. Mayberry, McAlindon, K. Moore, Vaught SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION BY THE WINTHROP P. ROCKEFELLER CANCER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES. Subtitle TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION BY THE WINTHROP P. ROCKEFELLER CANCER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES. WHEREAS, in 2025, the American Cancer Society estimates that nineteen thousand seven hundred (19,700) Arkansans will be diagnosed with cancer; and WHEREAS, of those seventeen thousand nine hundred eighty (17,980) Arkansans diagnosed with cancer, a large percentage will die of the disease; and WHEREAS, the four (4) types of cancer with significantly high annual diagnosis rates in Arkansas are: (1) Lung and bronchus cancer, with an estimated two thousand six hundred sixty (2,660) diagnoses; (2) Female breast cancer, with two thousand six hundred ninety (2,690) diagnoses; (3) Prostate cancer, with two thousand nine hundred thirty *ADF087* 02/26/2025 9:23:57 AM ADF087 SCR5 (2,930) diagnoses; and (4) Colorectal cancer, with one thousand five hundred sixty (1,560) diagnoses; and WHEREAS, in each category, the diagnosis of cancer has …
Sponsors
- Missy Irvin (R, 24) · primary sponsor
- Sonia Barker (R, 96)
- Breanne Davis (R, 25)
- Jane English (R, 13)
- Mary Bentley (R, 54)
- Alyssa Brown (R, 41)
- Karilyn Brown (R, 67)
- Rebecca Burkes (R, 11)
- Frances Cavenaugh (R, 30)
- Cindy Crawford (R, 51)
- Carol Dalby (R, 100)
- Hope Duke (R, 12)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- : Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- : ORDERED ENROLLED
- : Returned from the House as concurred in.
- : Returned to Senate concurred in.
- : Read the third time, concurred in, ordered transmitted to the Senate
- : Returned by the Committee Do Pass
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE MANAGEMENT
- : RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Common questions
- What is SCR5?
- SCR5 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE PURSUIT OF NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATION BY THE WINTHROP P. ROCKEFELLER CANCER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES.
- What is the status of SCR5?
- Chaptered as of April 22, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (April 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored SCR5?
- Missy Irvin (R, 24), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR5?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SCR5
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