---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; TO AMEND HOW COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TAKE THE OATH; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; TO AMEND HOW COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TAKE THE OATH; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 582"
citation: "Arkansas SB 582 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18T22:44:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:25:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a55923-406d-47e0-8e7d-8ed8f1399dc5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "541c0d9ff6d1dd13c0ae4436290ff43d59eafcbd8c4812baa5fbe0189bd032d6"
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 582 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; TO AMEND HOW COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TAKE THE OATH; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ELECTIONS.

## 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%2FSB582-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB582-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB582-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 582** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB582.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–8** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T22:44:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T23:14:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T13:35:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-08T13:35:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-08T18:11:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-08T18:11:50+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T22:33:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:47:05+00:00** Placed on 2nd Reading for purpose of Amendment #2.
- **2021-04-15T18:47:19+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-15T21:53:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-19T18:41:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T18:41:16+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:15:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:10:15+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`
- **2021-04-21T15:27:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T13:32:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T13:32:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22T14:10:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-22T20:20:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T20:20:46+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T02:15:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T02:15:22+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:19:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T15:49:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T15:49:35+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T15:49:47+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T15:49:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T15:50:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T18:52:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T18:52:45+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:25:53+00:00** Notification that SB582 is now Act 1051 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08a55923-406d-47e0-8e7d-8ed8f1399dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).