---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Arkansas SB 291 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:53:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:47:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fea3bd4-1c9e-4c47-b9d0-ac050535acc5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2e331ff8e6b4e280cde2a59d6f51e485327cd26e3681a520828fe2576f6328f6"
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 291 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE DEADLINES FOR COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION LAW VIOLATIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=279.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB291.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:53:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T22:29:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:28:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:29:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:25:11+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:27:38+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`
- **2025-03-05T20:21:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:02:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:02:23+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:35+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:15:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:16:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:47:49+00:00** Notification that SB291 is now Act 279 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fea3bd4-1c9e-4c47-b9d0-ac050535acc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).