---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1338 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bd11df9679ce25e44c72907f244c9bd782349a78e71fed0060ab1c64139e69e9"
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 HB 1338 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1338** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1338.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bledsoe — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T22:31:17+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`
- **2021-02-03T18:59:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04T19:36:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T23:40:41+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-04T23:40:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T21:33:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03T20:04:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T20:04:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:04:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:04:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-04T14:51:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00** Notification that HB1338 is now Act 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).