---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR A MARCH PRIMARY ELECTION ON YEARS IN WHICH THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE VOTED ON; AND TO AMEND THE TIME FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET IN FISCAL SESSION."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR A MARCH PRIMARY ELECTION ON YEARS IN WHICH THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE VOTED ON; AND TO AMEND THE TIME FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET IN FISCAL SESSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Arkansas SB 445 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a9aeece-5c9d-4cfd-ab63-a57cce7776bc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c4ce0da05d8ed1273a6eaea5fdf81e523eecb2612ca740f8ac63a1f198c94328"
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 445 (2019) — TO PROVIDE FOR A MARCH PRIMARY ELECTION ON YEARS IN WHICH THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE VOTED ON; AND TO AMEND THE TIME FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET IN FISCAL SESSION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 445** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB445.pdf)

## Votes

- Sounding of the Ballot — **18–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **20–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** 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** Sounding of the Ballot
- **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 STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-20** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** Notification that SB445 is now Act 545 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a9aeece-5c9d-4cfd-ab63-a57cce7776bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).