---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 377"
citation: "Arkansas SB 377 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07T19:27:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:47:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de6b0820-5e59-4cbc-89d3-5cbd1f9c8d3c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f60e48d7be480933fa2261d6949d123738620428172c1884285f90f22cc20a2b"
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 377 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS; TO CREATE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITION SIGNATURES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION OF AND REGULATE PAID PETITION BLOCKERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=766.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB377-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 377** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB377.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T19:27:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-07T21:46:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:31:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T17:48:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T17:48:39+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-16T20:18:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-16T21:51:49+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`
- **2023-03-28T13:30:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:30:18+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:19:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T01:53:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T21:42:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:42:57+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T17:01:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
- **2023-03-31T17:01:44+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:23:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T16:18:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T16:18:58+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T16:19:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T16:19:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T16:19:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:24:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:24:55+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:47:07+00:00** Notification that SB377 is now Act 766 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de6b0820-5e59-4cbc-89d3-5cbd1f9c8d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).