---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS ELECTION OFFICIALS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION."
description: "TO ALLOW SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS ELECTION OFFICIALS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Arkansas SB 235 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21b79cad-20fa-432a-a0a8-0bb2092adb07"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1458104bb52214989dc890ac5f4913e3f1e94d36b2f485291c5ff6c6a015cc78"
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 235 (2019) — TO ALLOW SCHOOL EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS ELECTION OFFICIALS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 235** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB235.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-07** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-07** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-20** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-20** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-25** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-26** Notification that SB235 is now Act 553 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21b79cad-20fa-432a-a0a8-0bb2092adb07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).