TO CREATE THE ENSURING ACCESS FOR ALL ARKANSANS AND VOTER PROTECTION ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE FOR THE FILING OF A BALLOT INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Feb 13, 2023
Signed Mar 7, 2023
Floor votes · House Feb 22, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 7, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that HB1419 is now Act 236
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
The Emergency Clause of HB1419 was adopted.
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 13, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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