---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTION EXPENSES; AND TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR A CERTIFIED ELECTION MONITOR AS AN ELECTION EXPENSE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTION EXPENSES; AND TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR A CERTIFIED ELECTION MONITOR AS AN ELECTION EXPENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Arkansas SB 295 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Rye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:58:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:48:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66033500-6c8a-4157-8d27-bee45a8732b5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6bf2dc86e165d18ceda45c4d1e8e1ad62398b79f1bc018dd3062fa3a807d352b"
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 295 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTION EXPENSES; AND TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR A CERTIFIED ELECTION MONITOR AS AN ELECTION EXPENSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=281.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 295** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB295.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:58:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:01:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T22:29:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:35:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:35:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:25:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:28:03+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`
- **2025-03-05T20:20:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:00:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:00:34+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:30:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:30:40+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:16:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:16:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:48:24+00:00** Notification that SB295 is now Act 281 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66033500-6c8a-4157-8d27-bee45a8732b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).