Arkansas Ranks 45th in 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book
We encourage lawmakers and officials in Arkansas to use this detailed information to unite across party lines and respond with initiatives that invest in young people.
AACF Testimony against HB1653
This bill would result in more children being institutionalized in highly restrictive settings.
AACF Testimony In Support Of SB585
About the Bill SB585 | Sen. Greg Leding | Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor This bill would require every employer with more than ten employees to provide pay stubs to each employee who is under the age...
Arkansas Lawmakers Considering Dangerous Changes to State Child Labor Law
A legislative effort to change child labor laws would make it easier for businesses to hire children under 16 without their parents’ permission.
End of legal abortion in Arkansas will put pressure on systems serving children and families
This should be a time that people of all political backgrounds can agree that the well-being of mothers and children should be the top priority in our public policy.
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 16
Arkansas lawmakers are headed home today for a few months, taking a long recess in one of the most difficult sessions in recent memory. We want to thank you for staying engaged for more than three months. No matter...
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 15
We are officially in the “home stretch” of the 93rd General Assembly. The session is expected to wrap up Tuesday, April 27, so bills that haven’t passed in at least one legislative chamber by now are not likely to...
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 14
As we near the end of the 93rd General Assembly’s 2021 session, things are jumping into hyperdrive. Legislators are scrambling to have their bills heard in committees and on the chamber floors before the session concludes. Because of that,...
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 12
Happy Friday! It was another fast-paced week at the Capitol, and we hope you are getting ready to enjoy some of the wonderful weather forecast for the weekend. Below is an overview of bills that Arkansas Advocates either supports...
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 10
This was a BUSY week at the Arkansas State Capitol. A lot of bills we are following were heard. Despite both chambers breaking for at least a few days next week, keep an eye out on several bills under...