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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VOTING ABSENTEE; AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES."
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description: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VOTING ABSENTEE; AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES."
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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 258"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 258 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burkes", "Dees"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-13T20:19:38+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-03-24T16:18:21+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79041c6d-4aef-4b8d-bfe7-261f2a744182"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "f310ec82755ef873306918fad7dbc79ee88adf02e458c1b3ce724bf8e9d30a47"
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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 258 (2023) — TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VOTING ABSENTEE; AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES.
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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 353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=353.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB258-H1.pdf)
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3. **SB 258** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB258.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–16** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed. — **28–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burkes — primary (person)
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- Dees — 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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- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — 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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- Schulz — 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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- **2023-02-13T20:19:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-02-13T21:22:42+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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- **2023-02-16T17:30:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-20T19:43:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-20T19:43:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2023-02-20T20:56:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2023-02-20T23:30:02+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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- **2023-03-08T18:25:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-09T14:31:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-09T14:31:21+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-09T16:20:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-13T19:35:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-13T19:35:42+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2023-03-13T21:58:25+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2023-03-13T21:58:32+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14T22:25:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15T18:58:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-15T18:58:20+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
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- **2023-03-15T18:58:26+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2023-03-15T18:58:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15T18:58:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2023-03-16T13:53:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2023-03-16T13:53:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-24T16:18:21+00:00** Notification that SB258 is now Act 353 `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/79041c6d-4aef-4b8d-bfe7-261f2a744182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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