TO CREATE LUX'S LAW; TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF A DEAD HUMAN BODY THAT IS INTENDED TO BE CREMATED OR BURIED; AND TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR THE SALE OF A DEAD HUMAN BODY.
This bill, known as Lux's Law, prohibits the sale of human remains intended for cremation or burial in Arkansas. It amends existing law to make it illegal to sell a corpse (or part of one) after it has been authorized for final disposition through these methods. The law establishes penalties, including fines or imprisonment, for violating this prohibition. It directly affects funeral homes, mortuaries, and anyone handling human remains before they are cremated or buried.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Feb 27, 2025
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Act 200
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SB 17
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MINOR
The bill underwent minor formatting and structural adjustments, including removing redundant 'Act 200' references, updating the document title from Act 200 to SB 17, and making a small text modification to a subsection regarding corpse concealment. These changes appear to be technical corrections rather than substantive policy shifts.
TECHNICAL
Removed duplicate 'Act 200 of the Regular Session' header text that appeared multiple times in the original document.
Minor text adjustment in subsection (B) regarding corpse concealment, removing the word 'A' before 'person who conceals' for consistency.
Deleted the approval date line showing 'APPROVED: 2/27/25' from the document.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Feb 27, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB17 is now Act 200
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 6, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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