---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROTECT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS' VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION PROCEDURE."
description: "TO PROTECT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS' VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION PROCEDURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1777 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Clowney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-17T20:44:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-28T19:38:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3062c91-bab2-44a8-b125-45206366eb78"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0d79209e14dfaac8de7d9daabd9560a6e681e49722fc0f36062f394a4398871e"
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 1777 (2021) — TO PROTECT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS' VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION PROCEDURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1777-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1777-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1777** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1777.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Clowney — primary (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T20:44:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T21:57:30+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`
- **2021-03-30T13:35:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T13:35:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30T15:55:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-31T18:04:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T18:48:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T21:14:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:14:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07T13:46:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-07T13:46:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-07T18:14:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T18:14:53+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T18:20:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T20:12:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T20:13:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-13T21:12:26+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-13T21:12:31+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T18:07:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T18:29:35+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-20T18:29:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:05:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-28T19:38:50+00:00** Notification that HB1777 is now Act 980 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3062c91-bab2-44a8-b125-45206366eb78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).