TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; TO AMEND HOW COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TAKE THE OATH; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Signed Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 19, 2021 · House Apr 22, 2021
How they voted
33–2
Passed
Total votes 35
Apr 19, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Nay
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 30, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB582 is now Act 1051
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 51 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack Ladyman
RRepublican
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Brandt Smith
RRepublican
Co
Brian S. Evans
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Coleman
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Carlton Wing
RRepublican
Co
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Crawford
RRepublican
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