---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW CONCERNING POLLING SITES; AND TO AMEND THE LOCATION OF VOTE CENTERS."
description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW CONCERNING POLLING SITES; AND TO AMEND THE LOCATION OF VOTE CENTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Arkansas SB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15T19:10:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:37:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f5ae6f-60bd-4360-b733-51f5b20ec0db"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "14f848c8389736a5fe32ba6f53d6250eb6bfd835e640edbb7eb401372a381650"
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 273 (2023) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW CONCERNING POLLING SITES; AND TO AMEND THE LOCATION OF VOTE CENTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=389.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB273-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB273-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB273.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T19:10:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T20:51:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:24:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T19:38:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T19:38:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T20:51:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-02T17:54:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T17:54:36+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-02T20:19:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-02T22:39:07+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`
- **2023-03-07T14:31:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T14:31:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T16:11:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T18:27:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:05:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:05:28+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-14T22:23:38+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-14T22:24:22+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T16:26:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:45:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T18:46:01+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-27T18:46:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-27T18:46:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T18:46:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-28T13:08:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-28T13:08:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:37:13+00:00** Notification that SB273 is now Act 389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f5ae6f-60bd-4360-b733-51f5b20ec0db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).