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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS."
+description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 549"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 549 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Hawks"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-16T18:19:46+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-30T19:09:31+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26970e3d-040b-4c7e-a504-f25df1bccd2e"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "8b9423c3efd94ad020f551114dfd12bb267c81f144e1ccf92d4ee6d7794571a8"
+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 SB 549 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB549-H1.pdf)
+2. **SB 549** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB549.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Clark — primary (person)
+- Hawks — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-16T18:19:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-16T19:45:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18T22:47:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22T19:18:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22T19:19:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-03-22T21:05:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-03-22T22:16:42+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`
+- **2021-04-06T18:10:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-06T18:10:05+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-06T18:45:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-14T18:09:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-20T19:19:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20T19:19:23+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-20T23:22:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
+- **2021-04-20T23:22:41+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23T02:51:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-26T18:48:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-26T18:48:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-26T18:49:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-04-26T18:49:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26T18:49:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-27T13:31:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-27T13:31:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-30T19:09:31+00:00** Notification that SB549 is now Act 1022 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26970e3d-040b-4c7e-a504-f25df1bccd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+