HB 1243 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING AND PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

House Bill 1243, now Act 994, aims to increase transparency in campaign finance reporting and protect election integrity. The bill amends existing campaign finance law by shifting the responsibility for receiving campaign contribution and expenditure reports from county clerks to the Secretary of State. It also adjusts the deadline for filing monthly financial reports, requiring them to be submitted no later than twenty days after the end of each month. These changes affect political campaigns and candidates by modifying where and when their financial disclosures must be filed.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Signed Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 994 → HB 1243 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text has been updated from Act 994 to HB 1243, with the primary change being the removal of the previous session's act title and the addition of new session information and bill numbering. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or content alterations are visible in the provided diff snippet.

TECHNICAL

Removed the reference to 'Act 994 of the Regular Session' from the header.

Added blank lines and updated session dates (H2/4/25, H3/18/25, S4/7/25) and bill number (HB 1243) to reflect the current legislative session.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1243 is now Act 994

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

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Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1

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Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

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Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1

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Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .

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Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

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Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

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Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

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Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

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Feb 4, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

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Jan 27, 2025

Introduced

Filed

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2 primary · 3 co-sponsors