---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EARLY VOTING; AND TO ALLOW A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CLOSE CERTAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EARLY VOTING; AND TO ALLOW A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CLOSE CERTAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "Arkansas SB 578 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T15:59:45+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:22:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f36765c-6e6c-409d-a99f-9ef4ab744612"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8920f41919f274fb3bdc01ebbaa269c2829880765448765c3b4a66b4ea46122a"
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 578 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EARLY VOTING; AND TO ALLOW A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CLOSE CERTAIN EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=766.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB578.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T15:59:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:08:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:45:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T20:09:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T20:09:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-07T21:37:11+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-08T01:16:23+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`
- **2025-04-09T18:51:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:21:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:21:42+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:36:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:36:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:19:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:19:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:22:24+00:00** Notification that SB578 is now Act 766 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f36765c-6e6c-409d-a99f-9ef4ab744612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).