---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSING TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS; AND TO REQUIRE FILING OF THE ORDINANCE DESCRIBING THE ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSING TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS; AND TO REQUIRE FILING OF THE ORDINANCE DESCRIBING THE ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Arkansas SB 297 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T16:01:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:48:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c56b184-19ab-4763-b47c-d42bca394afd"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e20d2fabc902c2daa155613d980c6c551869e8c46e0d04e588e83f11c1da4b2f"
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 297 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSING TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS; AND TO REQUIRE FILING OF THE ORDINANCE DESCRIBING THE ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=283.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB297.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T16:01:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:02:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:40:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:44:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:44:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:25:41+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:28:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T17:27:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:48:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:48:29+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:31:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:31:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:16:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:16:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:48:59+00:00** Notification that SB297 is now Act 283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c56b184-19ab-4763-b47c-d42bca394afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).