---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS."
description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 549"
citation: "Arkansas SB 549 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Hawks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T18:19:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:09:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26970e3d-040b-4c7e-a504-f25df1bccd2e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8b9423c3efd94ad020f551114dfd12bb267c81f144e1ccf92d4ee6d7794571a8"
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 549 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS AND REJECTED BALLOTS; AND TO REQUIRE PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND REJECTED BALLOT REPORTS.

## 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%2FSB549-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 549** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB549.pdf)

## Votes

- House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Hawks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T18:19:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T19:45:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T22:47:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T19:18:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T19:19:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-22T21:05:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-22T22:16:42+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`
- **2021-04-06T18:10:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-06T18:10:05+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06T18:45:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T18:09:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:19:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:19:23+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:22:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:22:41+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T02:51:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T18:48:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:48:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:49:13+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T18:49:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T18:49:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:31:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:31:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:09:31+00:00** Notification that SB549 is now Act 1022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26970e3d-040b-4c7e-a504-f25df1bccd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).