TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM DATES FOR HOLDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 8, 2021
Signed Apr 12, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2021 · House Apr 1, 2021
How they voted
27–1
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 35
Mar 18, 2021
D
Democratic7
28% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 12, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB496 is now Act 610
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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