HB 1707 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO REQUIRE CERTAIN CANDIDATES TO FILE REPORTS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

HB 1707 requires candidates for school district, township, municipal, and county offices to file campaign contribution and expenditure reports electronically with the Arkansas Secretary of State instead of county clerks. The bill mandates that reports be stored electronically for eight years (accessible via the Secretary of State’s website), automatically aggregated to track contributor limits, and then transferred to the Arkansas State Archives. This centralizes reporting for local elections, aiming to increase public transparency by making contribution data searchable and publicly available online. The bill was enacted as Act 524 on April 10, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 524 → HB 1707 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a reference to 'Act 524' to a new House Bill 1707 for the 95th General Assembly's 2025 Regular Session. This appears to be a procedural update rather than a substantive policy change.

TECHNICAL

The bill identifier and session information were updated from Act 524 to House Bill 1707 for the 2025 Regular Session.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 10, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1707 is now Act 524

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor