---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE-FILLED FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE-FILLED FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Arkansas SB 272 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Wooldridge"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T16:38:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:47:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6bc95a-0a21-4e77-9e13-1ce4577b4515"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "07d23e2140e1c794f910810977744bf362f74e991cafecd6fb41f7bd47923337"
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 272 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION; TO PROHIBIT PRE-FILLED FIELDS ON A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=278.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB272-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB272.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T16:38:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T19:40:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:46:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T19:46:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-03T19:46:18+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-03T21:36:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T20:01:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:02:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-04T20:49:27+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-04T23:38:10+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`
- **2025-03-06T00:37:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:34:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:34:28+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:15:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:15:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:47:30+00:00** Notification that SB272 is now Act 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6bc95a-0a21-4e77-9e13-1ce4577b4515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).