SB 169 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51.

SB 169 corrects grammatical and punctuation errors in Arkansas Constitution Amendment 51, which governs voter registration rules. It specifically revises sections about voter registration forms (requiring clearer statements on eligibility, penalties for false applications, and confidentiality), voter eligibility requirements (clarifying felony conviction rules), and registration cancellation procedures (updating the list of reasons like address changes or death). The bill makes no policy changes - it only fixes wording in existing constitutional language to improve clarity and consistency. This technical update directly affects voters, election officials, and third-party registration organizations by ensuring registration forms and rules are accurately reflected in the constitution.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Signed Feb 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 221 SB 169 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill primarily makes technical formatting changes to voter registration requirements and constitutional amendment language, with one substantive addition requiring forms to inform applicants about third-party delivery limitations and verification processes.
Scope change
No significant change in scope or applicability; changes are mostly formatting and one new informational requirement for voter registration forms.
REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for voter registration forms to inform applicants that third-party organizations may not deliver applications before the 30-day deadline, and that applicants can deliver applications in person or by mail instead.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted indentation and line breaks throughout the document for consistency between Act 221 and SB 169 versions.

Removed the approval date line (APPROVED: 2/27/25) from the final section of the bill.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Feb 27, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB169 is now Act 221
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors