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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
+description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1338"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1338 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Lundstrum"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "bd11df9679ce25e44c72907f244c9bd782349a78e71fed0060ab1c64139e69e9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1338 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1338** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1338.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bledsoe — primary (person)
+- Lundstrum — primary (person)
+- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Barker — cosponsor (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
+- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
+- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
+- Furman — cosponsor (person)
+- Haak — cosponsor (person)
+- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
+- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
+- McNair — cosponsor (person)
+- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
+- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Rice — cosponsor (person)
+- Slape — cosponsor (person)
+- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
+- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
+- Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-28T22:31:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03T18:59:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-04T19:36:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-04T23:40:41+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-02-04T23:40:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-02T21:33:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-03T20:04:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-03T20:04:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2021-03-03T22:04:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-03-03T22:04:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-03-04T14:51:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00** Notification that HB1338 is now Act 273 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+