---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING BALLOTS AND THE TABULATION OF UNOPPOSED RACES ON THE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES."
description: "CONCERNING BALLOTS AND THE TABULATION OF UNOPPOSED RACES ON THE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Arkansas SB 447 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haak", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-17T14:47:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:50:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8e0bc39-3a98-4525-9a51-6ad43308e2de"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "08d1441cee2f253806a46fa5e7ec33a0f6b19d05328a1886135c349a6dfeb585"
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 447 (2023) — CONCERNING BALLOTS AND THE TABULATION OF UNOPPOSED RACES ON THE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=647.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 447** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB447.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haak — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17T14:47:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-20T20:14:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:50:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T19:27:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:27:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-29T21:06:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-29T23:35:14+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`
- **2023-04-04T02:28:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T20:17:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:17:21+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:07:27+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:07:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:54:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:55:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:50:14+00:00** Notification that SB447 is now Act 647 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8e0bc39-3a98-4525-9a51-6ad43308e2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).