---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Arkansas SB 201 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "K. Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06T19:16:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:14:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc398d98-f45d-46e7-a82d-2bfdbf5da2a8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5b6f32d1867809e9336241c63f04361be553558eb3d2b7c3eaff8d1e3a890ecd"
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 201 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=671.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB201-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB201-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB201.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06T19:16:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-06T20:16:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T14:20:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-07T14:20:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T14:21:00+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T19:16:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-07T19:16:31+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:29:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T19:14:53+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T19:15:32+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB201 failed. Motion Carried.
- **2023-03-29T20:35:59+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:36:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:36:47+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:34:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T22:34:49+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:22:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T23:38:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T23:38:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-31T01:09:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:36:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:46:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:57:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:57:56+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:37:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:37:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:39:25+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:39:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:14:14+00:00** Notification that SB201 is now Act 671 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc398d98-f45d-46e7-a82d-2bfdbf5da2a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).