---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF NEW FEDERAL ELECTION GUIDANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
description: "TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF NEW FEDERAL ELECTION GUIDANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T19:19:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T17:23:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfc467a-5576-4792-b050-6d8b6984000d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1e1986212499d2947e8ba0e28c09b85491722a86c2cc6e695764bd08e8c3ed1a"
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 1461 (2023) — TO REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW OF NEW FEDERAL ELECTION GUIDANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=294.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1461.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T19:19:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T23:24:27+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`
- **2023-03-01T18:19:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T20:07:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:50:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:50:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:37:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T20:14:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:15:11+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:14:05+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:14:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T14:57:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-17T17:23:58+00:00** Notification that HB1461 is now Act 294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cfc467a-5576-4792-b050-6d8b6984000d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).