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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 377"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 377 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "K. Hammer"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-07T19:27:41+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T21:47:07+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de6b0820-5e59-4cbc-89d3-5cbd1f9c8d3c"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "f60e48d7be480933fa2261d6949d123738620428172c1884285f90f22cc20a2b"
+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 377 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=766.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB377-H1.pdf)
+3. **SB 377** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB377.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gramlich — primary (person)
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- Wing — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07T19:27:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-07T21:46:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15T18:31:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16T17:48:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-16T17:48:39+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-16T20:18:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-16T21:51:49+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`
+- **2023-03-28T13:30:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-28T13:30:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-28T16:19:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-30T01:53:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-30T21:42:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T21:42:57+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-03-31T17:01:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
+- **2023-03-31T17:01:44+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T19:23:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T16:18:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-06T16:18:58+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2023-04-06T16:19:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-04-06T16:19:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T16:19:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:24:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:24:55+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12T21:47:07+00:00** Notification that SB377 is now Act 766 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de6b0820-5e59-4cbc-89d3-5cbd1f9c8d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+