TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC POSTING OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.
Senate Bill 188 (now Act 272) requires sponsors of statewide initiative and referendum petitions in Arkansas to publicly post specific details on the Secretary of State’s website within five business days of gathering signatures. Sponsors must provide the full proposed measure text, official ballot description, and popular name, all certified by the Attorney General. The Secretary of State must keep this information online unless the petition fails to qualify, the sponsor requests removal, or a court removes the measure from the ballot. This law directly affects petition sponsors and aims to increase transparency about proposed ballot measures.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025
Signed Mar 12, 2025
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The bill text has been reformatted from 'Act 272' to 'SB 188' with updated session information and date stamps. The approval signature line was removed, and the document now reflects the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislative content itself.
TECHNICAL
Document title changed from 'Act 272' to 'SB 188' with updated session year and assembly information
Approval signature line dated 3/12/25 was removed from the document
New date stamp '02-19-2025 11:46:32 SSS006' was added to 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
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB188 is now Act 272
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 3, 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
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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