republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/sb-201.md

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Bill	TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942.	TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	SB 201	Arkansas SB 201 (2023)	bill		enacted	J. English K. Brown	4	28	3	2023-02-06T19:16:38+00:00	2023-04-11T21:14:14+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/cc398d98-f45d-46e7-a82d-2bfdbf5da2a8	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	5b6f32d1867809e9336241c63f04361be553558eb3d2b7c3eaff8d1e3a890ecd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 201 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN DEFUNCT TOWNSHIPS THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1942.

Version chain

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

1. Act 671 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 201 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 25–4 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and failed. — 22–6 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 86–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. English — primary (person)
• K. Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06T19:16:38+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-02-06T20:16:03+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-07T14:20:50+00:00 Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
• 2023-03-07T14:20:55+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-07T14:21:00+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-03-07T19:16:24+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-07T19:16:31+00:00 Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-03-14T18:29:17+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15T19:14:53+00:00 Read the third time and failed. reading-3
• 2023-03-15T19:15:32+00:00 Motion to Expunge the Vote by which SB201 failed. Motion Carried.
• 2023-03-29T20:35:59+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-03-29T20:36:41+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-03-29T20:36:47+00:00 Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-03-29T22:34:31+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-03-29T22:34:49+00:00 Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-03-30T18:22:20+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30T23:38:08+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-30T23:38:17+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2023-03-31T01:09:00+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2023-03-31T01:36:41+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03T17:46:47+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-04-05T19:57:51+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-05T19:57:56+00:00 Returned To the Senate as passed.
• 2023-04-06T03:37:05+00:00 Returned from the House as passed.
• 2023-04-06T03:37:08+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-04-06T14:39:25+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-04-06T14:39:28+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-04-11T21:14:14+00:00 Notification that SB201 is now Act 671 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc398d98-f45d-46e7-a82d-2bfdbf5da2a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).