---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAW; AND TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTION LAW VIOLATION HOTLINE."
description: "CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAW; AND TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTION LAW VIOLATION HOTLINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "Arkansas SB 644 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-06T22:13:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:01:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/725118de-006d-43a2-98d9-d3efaca172b3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ff0e0a0cb22e8d7f295835efe07540a7a70328b65ca0004fbb063d4762b0793b"
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 644 (2021) — CONCERNING THE INVESTIGATION OF VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAW; AND TO ESTABLISH AN ELECTION LAW VIOLATION HOTLINE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB644-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 644** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB644.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **73–17** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T22:13:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T22:37:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T18:16:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T19:53:04+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-13T19:53:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-13T19:53:20+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-13T20:53:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-13T20:53:47+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-13T20:54:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T21:02:08+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB644 passed. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-13T21:02:10+00:00** The vote by which SB644 Passed was expunged.
- **2021-04-13T21:02:58+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-13T21:03:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T21:05:39+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-13T21:06:36+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-13T22:15:03+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`
- **2021-04-19T18:07:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T20:24:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T20:24:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:02:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:03:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:47:00+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:47:07+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:01:29+00:00** Notification that SB644 is now Act 974 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/725118de-006d-43a2-98d9-d3efaca172b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).