---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING PAID CANVASSERS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF PAID CANVASSERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING PAID CANVASSERS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF PAID CANVASSERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "Arkansas SB 614 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "M. Gray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-30T14:03:05+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:05:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276068b2-e368-4bc7-88f0-adf87a875ea7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ec24743249afbfb955fecac2608c3b4125acd9e3da89d3360e362e74ccb1b1e5"
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 614 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING PAID CANVASSERS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF PAID CANVASSERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## 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%2FSB614-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB614-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 614** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB614.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **72–18** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- M. Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-30T14:03:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-30T18:28:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T18:19:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T18:30:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-06T18:30:38+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T19:48:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T19:35:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:35:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-07T19:35:42+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:05:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-07T22:25:09+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`
- **2021-04-12T18:03:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13T13:38:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-13T13:38:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-13T15:25:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T20:43:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:43:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-14T20:43:18+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-14T22:08:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-14T22:08:46+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:39:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in House as amended, Amendment #1. `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22T18:55:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-22T18:55:30+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-22T18:55:45+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-22T18:55:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T18:56:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T18:56:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:00:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-23T18:00:24+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:05:27+00:00** Notification that SB614 is now Act 951 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276068b2-e368-4bc7-88f0-adf87a875ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).