---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATE OF AN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION; TO MOVE THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IF THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IS SCHEDULED ON A STATE HOLIDAY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATE OF AN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION; TO MOVE THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IF THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IS SCHEDULED ON A STATE HOLIDAY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Arkansas SB 292 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Rose"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T15:54:28+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:44:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd42953c-ad66-4138-a22b-2f48352d1e90"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3fd6a7f2ab6be36644c586bd84ab200bde62d6083f74be8f888d83d71411cc0a"
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 292 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATE OF AN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION; TO MOVE THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IF THE ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION IS SCHEDULED ON A STATE HOLIDAY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 264** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=264.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB292.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T15:54:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T19:40:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T20:04:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:04:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-04T20:04:24+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-04T20:49:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-04T23:38:26+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T19:38:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:36:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:36:04+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-10T20:36:10+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:54+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:29:58+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:16:08+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:16:11+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:44:34+00:00** Notification that SB292 is now Act 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd42953c-ad66-4138-a22b-2f48352d1e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).