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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW ABSENTEE VOTING FOR A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING."
+description: "TO ALLOW ABSENTEE VOTING FOR A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 247"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 247 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Wing"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-09T21:36:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-27T22:54:17+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24530bc1-bbfd-45ee-b620-9165ac1e2c9e"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "311dbc1291ae4b994a8d568b2f3599a646a5771792eb2cc604573b35c7720c28"
+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 247 (2023) — TO ALLOW ABSENTEE VOTING FOR A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=141.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 247** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB247.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **28–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Dotson — primary (person)
+- Wing — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-09T21:36:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-09T21:45:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14T19:24:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15T19:49:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15T19:50:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-15T21:46:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-15T22:45:15+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`
+- **2023-02-20T22:49:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-21T20:38:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-21T20:38:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-02-21T21:59:33+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-02-21T21:59:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-22T15:50:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-02-22T15:50:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-27T22:54:17+00:00** Notification that SB247 is now Act 141 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24530bc1-bbfd-45ee-b620-9165ac1e2c9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+