TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FILING PERIODS OF CERTAIN NONPARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD AND MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES.
SB 270 amends Arkansas law to standardize filing periods for nonpartisan candidates running for school boards and municipal offices. It requires all such candidates to file petitions or statements during a consistent one-week window - beginning at noon and ending at noon - exactly 90 days before the election. This applies to school board candidates (under §6-14-111), independent municipal candidates (§14-42-206), and city manager/administrator form candidates (§§14-47-110, 14-48-109). The change replaces previous varying deadlines with a single, uniform 90-day filing period across these election types.
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 24, 2025
Signed Mar 20, 2025
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Act 360
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MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 360 to SB 270 for the 95th General Assembly's Regular Session of 2025. The approval date was removed from the document, which is a standard formatting change for bills that are still pending legislative action.
TECHNICAL
The approval date (3/20/25) was removed from the bill text, indicating this is a new draft version rather than an enacted law.
The bill was renumbered from Act 360 to SB 270 to reflect its status as a Senate Bill in the current legislative session.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB270 is now Act 360
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 12, 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 24, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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