---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENSURE EARLY VOTING ACCESS FOR ARKANSANS RESIDING IN POPULATION CENTERS; AND TO REQUIRE A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CONDUCT EARLY VOTING IN A CITY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES."
description: "TO ENSURE EARLY VOTING ACCESS FOR ARKANSANS RESIDING IN POPULATION CENTERS; AND TO REQUIRE A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CONDUCT EARLY VOTING IN A CITY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1878"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1878 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGruder"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-20T18:53:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:00:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badf80b9-2a9f-49c0-aaba-6c0e0da486dd"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "331e14f212c869470382b0bd9c439299451e6e364c95ee1cbe0857abb8485fa6"
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 1878 (2025) — TO ENSURE EARLY VOTING ACCESS FOR ARKANSANS RESIDING IN POPULATION CENTERS; AND TO REQUIRE A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CONDUCT EARLY VOTING IN A CITY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 978** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=978.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1878** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1878.pdf)

## Sponsors

- McGruder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20T18:53:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T22:44:04+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`
- **2025-04-14T21:27:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T19:22:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:39:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-15T21:39:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T21:44:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T15:26:39+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T15:27:08+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1878 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
- **2025-04-16T17:48:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T17:49:01+00:00** Sounding of the Ballot requested on the passage of HB1878. Five Hands were seen.
- **2025-04-16T17:49:27+00:00** Upon Sounding of the Ballot HB1878 failed.
- **2025-04-16T17:49:58+00:00** Motion for Clincher. Motion Failed.
- **2025-04-16T17:50:54+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1878 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
- **2025-04-16T17:51:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T17:51:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T18:23:20+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T18:23:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T18:23:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:00:11+00:00** Notification that HB1878 is now Act 978 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/badf80b9-2a9f-49c0-aaba-6c0e0da486dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).