---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN A MUNICIPAL OFFICE."
description: "TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN A MUNICIPAL OFFICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1555"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1555 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Painter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T17:43:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:03:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f652b8e4-6364-42f2-b714-53fd870aeab2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e539706e1bfede28c1d11302f7a0332d83d70d45ead0b6119d2b85078102d180"
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 HB 1555 (2025) — TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN A MUNICIPAL OFFICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 995** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=995.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1555-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1555-S2.pdf)
4. **HB 1555** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1555.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T17:43:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T22:50:19+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T17:27:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:04:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T23:12:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-06T23:12:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:50:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31T19:18:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T19:18:37+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T22:31:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T21:38:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:38:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-01T22:48:05+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-01T22:48:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T19:03:44+00:00** Returned to the Senate as requested.
- **2025-04-08T19:58:05+00:00** Returned from the House as requested.
- **2025-04-09T22:46:24+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1555 passed for purpose of Amendment. Motion Carried.
- **2025-04-09T22:46:37+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T22:46:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T22:46:50+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T23:39:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T20:44:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T20:44:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-04-10T22:58:45+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-04-10T22:58:51+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T19:59:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T20:10:02+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T20:10:10+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T20:10:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:39:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:03:23+00:00** Notification that HB1555 is now Act 995 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f652b8e4-6364-42f2-b714-53fd870aeab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).