---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW BALLOT TITLES FOR CONFLICTS WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL STATUTES; AND TO PROHIBIT THE SUBMISSION OF CONFLICTING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
description: "TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW BALLOT TITLES FOR CONFLICTS WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL STATUTES; AND TO PROHIBIT THE SUBMISSION OF CONFLICTING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1222 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Ray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-24T22:14:26+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T22:50:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2181f7eb-0ef6-4808-bfda-8983ecc22a24"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a72fd5248c0c5acfc6f36fd46079980cd11492cac653ee8f3e3be4950ac3a553"
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 1222 (2025) — TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW BALLOT TITLES FOR CONFLICTS WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL STATUTES; AND TO PROHIBIT THE SUBMISSION OF CONFLICTING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=154.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1222-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1222.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24T22:14:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:43:56+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`
- **2025-02-05T22:29:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T14:36:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-06T14:36:20+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-06T15:56:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T20:21:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T23:28:54+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-10T23:29:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T19:37:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T17:25:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T17:25:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:35:03+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-18T19:35:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T15:26:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-25T22:50:17+00:00** Notification that HB1222 is now Act 154 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2181f7eb-0ef6-4808-bfda-8983ecc22a24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).