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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAWS; TO AMEND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLICATION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS ON AN INTERNET SITE."
description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAWS; TO AMEND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLICATION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS ON AN INTERNET SITE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1202"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1202 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "B. Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-15T21:38:36+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-10T16:51:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44b69548-bfc6-4834-b853-257252cd521a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b1bb7c7cc5460d0c52be71df2b769f0cf56381e2e64b505c71cc3bc15f2b376c"
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 1202 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAWS; TO AMEND PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTIONS; AND TO REQUIRE PUBLICATION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS ON AN INTERNET SITE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1202-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1202-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1202** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1202.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **350** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Collins — primary (person)
- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-15T21:38:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-19T19:19:54+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`
- **2021-01-25T18:04:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T19:10:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-27T19:11:32+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-27T19:34:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-28T19:12:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T22:27:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-28T22:27:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T22:50:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T20:04:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T20:04:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-08T22:33:33+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-08T22:33:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-09T16:12:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-10T16:51:15+00:00** Notification that HB1202 is now Act 128 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44b69548-bfc6-4834-b853-257252cd521a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).