---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 7 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ELECTIONS."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 7 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ELECTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Arkansas SB 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-31T17:20:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-25T23:15:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccc05814-e073-4b35-a82e-03ca3dbeb002"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2eae36c5f7bb1253a2835ef1d62de779d581fa65302067d6e0b28fe0d2e7e133"
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 173 (2025) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 7 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ELECTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 166** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=166.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB173.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31T17:20:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T19:38:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T19:39:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13T17:05:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T17:05:31+00:00** Ordered immediately
- **2025-02-13T19:32:11+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-13T23:06:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T18:09:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:20:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:20:39+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:15:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-19T22:15:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-20T19:37:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-20T19:37:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-25T23:15:27+00:00** Notification that SB173 is now Act 166 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccc05814-e073-4b35-a82e-03ca3dbeb002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).