---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING ELECTION EXPENSES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; AND TO PROHIBIT THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS, GRANTS, AND GIFTS."
description: "CONCERNING ELECTION EXPENSES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; AND TO PROHIBIT THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS, GRANTS, AND GIFTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1866"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1866 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-05T15:12:29+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T20:07:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ea5e217-4a61-4e0b-986f-b191d84f4658"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "edb3faf9aa718b8a574311c521599ea09cb2b0f31b83f0560f40eb058e1bcf25"
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 1866 (2021) — CONCERNING ELECTION EXPENSES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; AND TO PROHIBIT THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS, GRANTS, AND GIFTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1866** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1866.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-05T15:12:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T22:17:34+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`
- **2021-04-12T18:03:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13T18:56:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T21:18:52+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-13T21:19:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:56:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23T02:34:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T02:35:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T02:57:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T02:57:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:04:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T20:07:03+00:00** Notification that HB1866 is now Act 961 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ea5e217-4a61-4e0b-986f-b191d84f4658`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).