---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DISQUALIFY SIGNATURES OBTAINED BY A CANVASSER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO DISQUALIFY SIGNATURES OBTAINED BY A CANVASSER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Arkansas SB 209 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Underwood"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T16:26:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:45:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b80b8284-caca-4509-a935-c03487c22ded"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1058e9d67194cd14a1464fad84b0dc3828523b202c413b6b04c5f94f077b062a"
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 209 (2025) — TO DISQUALIFY SIGNATURES OBTAINED BY A CANVASSER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=273.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB209.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T16:26:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T17:37:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:46:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T21:23:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T21:23:15+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2025-02-12T21:23:26+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T23:15:17+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
- **2025-02-12T23:17:55+00:00** Motion to Hold SB209 & SB210 in the Senate. Motion carried.
- **2025-02-13T16:55:54+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2025-02-13T17:55:57+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
- **2025-02-25T21:38:02+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-25T21:38:46+00:00** Sounding of the Ballot requested on the adoption of the Emergency Clause on SB209. Five hands were seen.
- **2025-02-25T21:38:48+00:00** Upon Sounding of the Ballot, the Emergency Clause on SB209 is adopted.
- **2025-02-25T21:38:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-25T23:09:49+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`
- **2025-03-06T00:34:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:26:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:26:30+00:00** Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption
- **2025-03-11T19:14:04+00:00** Upon Motion, Reconsideraton of the Emergency Clause Passed
- **2025-03-11T19:14:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-11T19:14:16+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-11T21:21:32+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-11T21:21:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T21:27:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T21:27:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:45:43+00:00** Notification that SB209 is now Act 273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b80b8284-caca-4509-a935-c03487c22ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).