---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT BEFORE SIGNATURES CAN BE COUNTED; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT BEFORE SIGNATURES CAN BE COUNTED; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Arkansas SB 211 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-06T16:28:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T21:53:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6792844-aee4-48f3-8b33-b44fa2838d4e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5c4547378e491299ce00129cb440e056428e064e3f8a042c7d8e8185d88c3ada"
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 211 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT BEFORE SIGNATURES CAN BE COUNTED; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=241.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB211-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 211** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB211.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T16:28:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T17:39:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:46:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T21:47:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T21:47:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-12T21:47:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-12T22:30:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-12T23:39:08+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`
- **2025-02-18T02:33:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T14:45:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-19T14:45:19+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:28:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-19T17:28:16+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T22:43:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T20:29:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T20:31:26+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-25T20:31:39+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-25T21:45:31+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-25T21:56:14+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:45:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T19:50:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-03T19:50:29+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-03T19:50:36+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-03T19:50:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T19:50:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-03T19:51:17+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-03T22:24:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-03T22:24:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:53:18+00:00** Notification that SB211 is now Act 241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6792844-aee4-48f3-8b33-b44fa2838d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).