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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO ELIMINATE WRITE-IN CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS; TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION."
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description: "AN ACT TO ELIMINATE WRITE-IN CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS; TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 254"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 254 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Schulz"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-13T17:00:11+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-24T15:57:40+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a708de7-9de3-447a-8481-8c744d946f4c"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "28c95f7f3b2f9504226eaf4b80b989f3f2094a48042617fae15ed9eb476d4c10"
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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 254 (2023) — AN ACT TO ELIMINATE WRITE-IN CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS; TO AMEND ELECTION PROCEDURES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION.
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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. **Act 305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=305.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **SB 254** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB254.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–3** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **18–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Crowell — primary (person)
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- Schulz — primary (person)
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- Achor — cosponsor (person)
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- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
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- B. McKenzie — 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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- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
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- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- Dees — cosponsor (person)
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- Evans — cosponsor (person)
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- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
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- Furman — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Haak — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean — cosponsor (person)
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- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
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- Long — cosponsor (person)
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- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
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- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
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- McClure — 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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- Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
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- Painter — cosponsor (person)
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- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
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- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
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- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
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- Rose — cosponsor (person)
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- Rye — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
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- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
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- Stone — cosponsor (person)
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- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
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- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
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- Wing — cosponsor (person)
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- Womack — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooldridge — 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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- **2023-02-13T17:00:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-02-13T19:18:50+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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- **2023-02-21T19:38:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22T20:31:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22T20:31:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-02-22T20:53:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-02-22T22:34:52+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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- **2023-03-08T18:26:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-14T19:44:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-14T19:44:49+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-03-14T21:47:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2023-03-14T21:47:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-03-15T13:26:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-03-15T13:26:40+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-24T15:57:40+00:00** Notification that SB254 is now Act 305 `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/9a708de7-9de3-447a-8481-8c744d946f4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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