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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
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description: "TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1338"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1338 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bledsoe", "Lundstrum"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "bd11df9679ce25e44c72907f244c9bd782349a78e71fed0060ab1c64139e69e9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1338 (2021) — TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE PETITION PROCESS TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED TO BE LISTED ON THE BALLOT.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1338** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1338.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bledsoe — primary (person)
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- Lundstrum — primary (person)
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- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray — cosponsor (person)
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- Rice — cosponsor (person)
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- Slape — cosponsor (person)
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- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
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- Warren — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-28T19:48:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-01-28T22:31:17+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`
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- **2021-02-03T18:59:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-04T19:36:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-04T23:40:41+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-02-04T23:40:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-02T21:33:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03T20:04:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03T20:04:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-03-03T22:04:11+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-03-03T22:04:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-03-04T14:51:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-03-08T19:03:29+00:00** Notification that HB1338 is now Act 273 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90c1c2ac-b928-4f35-8ac0-fbbc754055a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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