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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPOILED BALLOTS."
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description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPOILED BALLOTS."
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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 1715"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1715 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Lowery"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-11T21:10:45+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-15T18:16:21+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dabde6c-2f80-4237-9617-d64483c42ec4"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "04e187dc05d6a658681b66cfa489d397ec13ae2ae39501cb53435df07f1c0737"
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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 1715 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPOILED BALLOTS.
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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. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1715-H1.pdf)
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2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1715-H2.pdf)
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3. **HB 1715** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1715.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–22** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **27–8** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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- Lowery — primary (person)
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- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Beck — cosponsor (person)
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- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
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- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
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- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
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- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. English — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
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- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
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- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
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- McNair — cosponsor (person)
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- Payton — cosponsor (person)
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- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Warren — cosponsor (person)
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- Watson — cosponsor (person)
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- Wing — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-11T21:10:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-03-11T23:35:26+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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- **2021-03-15T13:40:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-15T13:40:28+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-15T16:50:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-29T14:00:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-29T14:00:07+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-03-29T18:06:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-31T18:04:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01T19:03:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01T21:10:16+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-01T21:10:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-12T18:19:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-13T19:56:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-13T19:56:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2021-04-13T21:14:48+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-13T21:14:51+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-14T13:41:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-15T18:16:21+00:00** Notification that HB1715 is now Act 736 `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/6dabde6c-2f80-4237-9617-d64483c42ec4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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