---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LOCAL INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LOCAL INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 584"
citation: "Arkansas SB 584 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T17:57:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:23:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db025395-f987-43e3-9a24-080367f60e92"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "46397edbf9bc1693c18ea8539abe80d8b9ee3c2cb5a61c565dc9a6b0838b93c0"
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 584 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LOCAL INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 768** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=768.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB584.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T17:57:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:10:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:21:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T21:07:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T21:07:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-03T22:05:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-04T00:18:58+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`
- **2025-04-09T18:52:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:26:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:26:21+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:37:15+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:37:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:20:08+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:20:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:23:06+00:00** Notification that SB584 is now Act 768 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db025395-f987-43e3-9a24-080367f60e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).