HB 1782 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO PROHIBIT OVER-THE-COUNTER DIET PILLS FROM BEING SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE FURNISHED TO A PERSON WHO IS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

House Bill 1782, now Act 642, prohibits the sale, transfer, or furnishing of over-the-counter diet pills to individuals who are under eighteen years of age. This means that retailers and other parties are not permitted to provide these specific products to minors. The law directly affects sellers of these pills and individuals under 18 seeking to purchase them.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 642 → HB 1782 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill underwent minor formatting and procedural changes. The original approval date and signature line from Act 642 were removed, while new spacing was added. The bill number and session details remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (4/16/25) and signature line that appeared in the previous Act 642 version.

Added blank lines for formatting purposes in the bill text.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 16, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1782 is now Act 642

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 13 co-sponsors