---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION BY THE COUNTY CLERK."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION BY THE COUNTY CLERK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 296"
citation: "Arkansas SB 296 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:59:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:48:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6458691f-32b5-4c16-a19d-d16fa4998682"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "342c4689cda5412447b4f4522dd1260f6f87b53f89066ab76196f147f05ccff2"
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 296 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF AN EARLY VOTING LOCATION BY THE COUNTY CLERK.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 282** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=282.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 296** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB296.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:59:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:01:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T22:30:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T20:07:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:07:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-04T20:49:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-04T23:38:36+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`
- **2025-03-06T00:36:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:33:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:33:54+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:30:56+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:31:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:16:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:16:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:48:41+00:00** Notification that SB296 is now Act 282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6458691f-32b5-4c16-a19d-d16fa4998682`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).