---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS; TO AMEND THE DATES OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SCHOOL ELECTIONS, AND CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FISCAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS; TO AMEND THE DATES OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SCHOOL ELECTIONS, AND CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FISCAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Arkansas SB 353 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Wooldridge"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T16:30:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:38:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd0f87a-69ea-4611-a0d0-775fe6629666"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f70766c292913c85cd13135b4bf0d9224d7add182a5ef600b4d6afd8973d988a"
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 353 (2025) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR ELECTIONS; TO AMEND THE DATES OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SCHOOL ELECTIONS, AND CERTAIN SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE FISCAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=405.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB353-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB353-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB353.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Wooldridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T16:30:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T19:41:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T19:50:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T18:51:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T18:51:18+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-10T20:14:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-11T19:26:59+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T13:01:11+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-03-12T13:02:13+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T18:34:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-12T18:35:32+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:45:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T19:42:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:42:26+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:38:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:53:51+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`
- **2025-03-19T21:11:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T20:59:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:59:47+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T22:42:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T22:42:51+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:08:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-21T14:08:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:38:10+00:00** Notification that SB353 is now Act 405 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd0f87a-69ea-4611-a0d0-775fe6629666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).