HB 1369 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MAXIMUM CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT BY THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AMENDING PORTIONS OF LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACTS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

HB 1369 establishes a maximum limit on campaign contributions for Arkansas state elections, setting this cap through the Arkansas Ethics Commission rather than the legislature. It directly affects state political candidates, committees, and donors by restricting how much they can contribute to campaigns. The bill amends existing campaign finance laws to implement this commission-set limit and declares an emergency to expedite its implementation. This is a concrete policy change to regulate campaign funding, not a procedural or commemorative measure.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed Mar 12, 2025
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Act 270 HB 1369 · 2 edits
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The bill text was reformatted from Act 270 to HB 1369, adding new header information including the session year (95th General Assembly, Regular Session 2025), bill type (House Bill), and dates (H2/20/25, S3/3/25). No substantive policy changes were identified in the provided text snippet.
TECHNICAL

Added bill header information including session details, bill number, and processing dates.

Removed reference to 'Act 270 of the Regular Session' from the title line.

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
10
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1369 is now Act 270
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
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