HB 1731 Summary

• Repeals Arkansas Code § 9-3-108 and § 9-3-109, which contained unconstitutional gender-based provisions regarding women's domicile status upon marriage.

• Repeals Arkansas Code Title 9, Chapter 8, Subchapter 3 (held unconstitutional in Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. v. Cole, 2011), which prohibited adoption and foster care placement with cohabiting unmarried individuals.

• Repeals unconstitutional gender-based provisions in Arkansas Code §§ 9-11-502, 9-11-504, and 9-11-515 that restricted married women's legal rights regarding contracts, power of attorney, and property deed reformation.

• Repeals Arkansas Code § 9-25-103, an outdated provision requiring a father to obtain the mother's written consent to bind a child to apprenticeship.

• Repeals Arkansas Code Title 9, Chapter 33, Subchapters 2 and 3, establishing the Common Ground Program and Arkansas After-School Enrichment Program, both of which are no longer active and have received no appropriations since 2005.