---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REQUIRED POSTINGS AT A POLLING SITE; AND TO AMEND THE LIST CONCERNING REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICES, INFORMATION, AND MATERIAL AT A POLLING SITE ON ELECTION DAY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REQUIRED POSTINGS AT A POLLING SITE; AND TO AMEND THE LIST CONCERNING REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICES, INFORMATION, AND MATERIAL AT A POLLING SITE ON ELECTION DAY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Arkansas SB 293 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Brown", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:55:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-09T18:11:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d636a6a-f54b-497c-9a2f-6ede32fffcc0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "74a2edb766394d8ec5ae3a7ab14f931ce7a528965f4194f11e722958c8ec5de0"
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 293 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REQUIRED POSTINGS AT A POLLING SITE; AND TO AMEND THE LIST CONCERNING REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICES, INFORMATION, AND MATERIAL AT A POLLING SITE ON ELECTION DAY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=487.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB293-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB293-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB293.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Brown — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:55:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T19:41:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05T20:16:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-05T20:16:47+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-05T22:12:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-06T21:11:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T21:12:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-06T22:46:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-06T23:20:25+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`
- **2025-03-13T13:36:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-13T13:36:12+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13T15:47:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T18:46:19+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T21:12:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T21:07:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T21:07:07+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T22:44:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-20T22:45:21+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:19:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T19:04:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T19:04:27+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-02T19:04:37+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-02T19:04:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:05:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-03T14:17:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-03T14:17:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-09T18:11:15+00:00** Notification that SB293 is now Act 487 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d636a6a-f54b-497c-9a2f-6ede32fffcc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).