---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO VIEW A CANVASSER TO REQUEST PHOTO IDENTIFICATION BEFORE OBTAINING A SIGNATURE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO VIEW A CANVASSER TO REQUEST PHOTO IDENTIFICATION BEFORE OBTAINING A SIGNATURE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "Arkansas SB 208 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T16:25:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T21:53:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b22bf9e-8849-4283-a206-0864ba99a78c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8dc6f43ce11ee4fbb488cd70522124781e48476d12aef40e388053051da3902d"
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 208 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO VIEW A CANVASSER TO REQUEST PHOTO IDENTIFICATION BEFORE OBTAINING A SIGNATURE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=240.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB208-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB208.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T16:25:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T17:37:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:46:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T21:12:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T21:12:45+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-12T21:12:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:30:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-12T23:38:54+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`
- **2025-02-18T02:32:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T14:42:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-19T14:42:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:25:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-19T17:26:03+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T22:43:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T20:21:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T20:22:01+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-25T20:22:07+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-25T21:53:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-25T21:54:28+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:46:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T19:48:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-03T19:48:35+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-03T19:48:43+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-03T19:49:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T19:49:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-03T19:49:35+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-03T22:24:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-03T22:25:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:53:00+00:00** Notification that SB208 is now Act 240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b22bf9e-8849-4283-a206-0864ba99a78c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).