TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS POLL WATCHERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLL WATCHERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION PROCEDURES.
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
Apr 2023
Introduced Feb 20, 2023
Signed Apr 4, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2023 · House Mar 13, 2023
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Mar 29, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Apr 4, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that HB1457 is now Act 444
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 20, 2023
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 48 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kim Hammer
RRepublican
P
Tony Furman
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Achor
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
Co
Carlton Wing
RRepublican
Co
Chad Puryear
RRepublican
Co
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
Co
Delia Haak
RRepublican
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