SB 353 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS; TO AMEND THE DATES OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SCHOOL ELECTIONS, AND CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FISCAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

SB 353 changes election dates in Arkansas. It moves primary elections to the second Tuesday in November or May (in odd-numbered years), adjusts school election dates to 89 days before March elections and 72 days before November elections, and modifies special election scheduling rules. These changes affect voters, election officials, and school districts by altering when specific elections occur. The bill does not create new policies but adjusts existing election timelines.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2025
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The bill text has been reformatted from 'Act 405 of the Regular Session' to 'SB 353' with updated session dates and assembly information. This appears to be a technical amendment updating the bill's official designation and metadata rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from 'Act 405' to 'SB 353' with updated session dates (S3/10/25, S3/12/25) and assembly information.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB353 is now Act 405
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
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 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors