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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM DATES FOR HOLDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS."
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description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM DATES FOR HOLDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS."
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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: "SB 496"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 496 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hawks", "Rapert"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-08T19:36:30+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-12T15:01:27+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/443c2921-9cbf-4f6e-be78-9f09a8cbfccd"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "d5efe04c828952106e3926a6dd18e8c835e297632366800897c166ab87129692"
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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 SB 496 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS ELECTION LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ELECTIONS; AND TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM DATES FOR HOLDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
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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 S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB496-S1.pdf)
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2. **SB 496** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB496.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–9** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hawks — primary (person)
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- Rapert — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-08T19:36:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-03-08T20:32:20+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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- **2021-03-16T22:08:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17T18:17:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2021-03-17T18:17:41+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2021-03-17T20:48:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2021-03-18T19:31:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-18T19:31:46+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2021-03-18T21:34:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2021-03-18T22:27:25+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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- **2021-03-31T18:03:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01T19:28:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01T19:28:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-01T21:21:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2021-04-01T21:21:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-05T15:28:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2021-04-05T15:28:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-12T15:01:27+00:00** Notification that SB496 is now Act 610 `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/443c2921-9cbf-4f6e-be78-9f09a8cbfccd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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