---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RECOUNT OF BALLOTS; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RECOUNT OF BALLOTS; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1423"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1423 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Painter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T19:04:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:21:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0672896-859c-4487-a579-54af185d67e1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c515481e95507f48e03e88f4e0b0a3ac63a55f36cc68659be63e840b46ac916f"
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 1423 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE RECOUNT OF BALLOTS; AND TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=321.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1423** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1423.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T19:04:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T22:27:29+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`
- **2023-02-20T22:48:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:27:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T22:13:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:13:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T22:27:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T19:08:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:09:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:24:29+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:24:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-17T14:03:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:21:02+00:00** Notification that HB1423 is now Act 321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0672896-859c-4487-a579-54af185d67e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).