---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING AND PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING AND PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1243"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1243 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Underwood"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T19:29:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:03:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/622d4cf6-28a2-4006-941a-25fb35454d47"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2cc0197bfabe8752123c99be09e99be9c20f2e9db370deaba98a1262a22bbfe2"
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 1243 (2025) — TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING AND PROTECT ELECTION INTEGRITY; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 994** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=994.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1243-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1243-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1243-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1243** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1243.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T19:29:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:49:46+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`
- **2025-02-04T14:33:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-04T14:33:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-04T17:03:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T13:34:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:34:06+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:27:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T22:33:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T20:54:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:14:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:14:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:46:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:48:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:49:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T01:23:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T20:11:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T20:11:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T21:52:34+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T21:52:39+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T21:25:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T20:07:39+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T20:07:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:44:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:03:05+00:00** Notification that HB1243 is now Act 994 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/622d4cf6-28a2-4006-941a-25fb35454d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).