---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC POSTING OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC POSTING OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "Arkansas SB 188 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Ray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T19:52:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:45:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86096a59-a131-4f42-8ff8-2132a1ea5e84"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1ea76d4ffbe3765428d4b01bb15bcb08cf22eb6322db456f80d6d3f0bc95cade"
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 188 (2025) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLIC POSTING OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=272.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB188-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB188.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04T19:52:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-04T21:22:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T14:18:31+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-19T14:18:49+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-19T19:32:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-19T19:32:52+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:44:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:09:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:10:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:24:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:25:23+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`
- **2025-03-05T20:21:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:06:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:06:30+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:25:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:25:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:13:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:13:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:45:24+00:00** Notification that SB188 is now Act 272 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86096a59-a131-4f42-8ff8-2132a1ea5e84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).