---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ELECTION MEDIA; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION UNDER ELECTION LAW."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ELECTION MEDIA; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION UNDER ELECTION LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1405"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1405 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T18:36:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T17:22:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e8554cf-4422-4f85-8b36-98292b111ce0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8a20db665209ede45ef89cb7562faea4c8078644c4d88cb134ef1c01fd0bf92e"
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 HB 1405 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ELECTION MEDIA; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION UNDER ELECTION LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=292.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1405-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1405.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T18:36:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:32:51+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`
- **2023-02-20T14:28:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:28:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:41:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T18:18:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T20:05:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:46:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:46:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:37:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T20:00:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:00:48+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:13:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:13:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T14:57:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-17T17:22:54+00:00** Notification that HB1405 is now Act 292 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e8554cf-4422-4f85-8b36-98292b111ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).