---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Arkansas SB 271 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Wooldridge"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T16:37:26+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:13:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f54091e8-0d8e-4de3-89d5-0bf0b45d8763"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ab86cea7198e8af93f4da4e9bb8e5c95a880e6452d007695ba8ea4c524b0a3f3"
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 271 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 460** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=460.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB271-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB271-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB271.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Wooldridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T16:37:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T19:40:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T13:58:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-03T13:58:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-03T19:39:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-03T19:39:30+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T12:59:09+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-03-11T12:59:23+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-11T18:40:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-11T18:40:43+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:39:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T19:25:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:25:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:38:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:53:19+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`
- **2025-03-19T21:11:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T21:02:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:02:39+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:49:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:49:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-01T14:14:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-01T14:14:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:13:28+00:00** Notification that SB271 is now Act 460 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f54091e8-0d8e-4de3-89d5-0bf0b45d8763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).