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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MARKING AND COUNTING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MARKING AND COUNTING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Arkansas SB 250 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Long"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-10T21:00:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:17:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c53a65ed-c6ec-4445-a8ff-b3ecd1666776"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "992ff94980f11354f936329a80c876d693982baf7c1d0d4535f3138a6b8c6cc5"
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 SB 250 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MARKING AND COUNTING PAPER BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=350.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB250-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 250** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB250.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **867** (pass) · lower
- The Emergency Clause on Senate Bill 250 was adopted. — **275** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **216** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-10T21:00:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T19:17:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T22:07:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27T19:49:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T19:49:48+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-27T20:40:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T21:09:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T21:10:00+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2023-02-28T21:12:38+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
- **2023-02-28T21:14:43+00:00** The Emergency Clause on Senate Bill 250 was adopted.
- **2023-02-28T21:15:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-28T21:39:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-28T22:35:01+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`
- **2023-03-13T21:57:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:21:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:21:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-15T20:21:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:35:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:35:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:50:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:50:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:17:42+00:00** Notification that SB250 is now Act 350 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c53a65ed-c6ec-4445-a8ff-b3ecd1666776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).