---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING NOTICES RELATED TO THE ELECTION PROCESS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING NOTICES RELATED TO THE ELECTION PROCESS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "Arkansas SB 414 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-10T18:20:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:14:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91d7760-6c06-40e6-a138-b0c901d97e67"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "86e6b0f242aecd3501ba8e5bab22563e6e2dd4cbef4478414a876f346106dd26"
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 414 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING NOTICES RELATED TO THE ELECTION PROCESS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=463.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB414.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10T18:20:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-10T18:38:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T18:46:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:07:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:07:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:39:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:55:14+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`
- **2025-03-19T21:11:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T21:03:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:03:22+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:55:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:55:29+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-01T14:20:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-01T14:20:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:14:25+00:00** Notification that SB414 is now Act 463 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91d7760-6c06-40e6-a138-b0c901d97e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).