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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER ASSISTANCE; AND TO REQUIRE A PERSON ASSISTING A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY TO PRESENT IDENTIFICATION."
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description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER ASSISTANCE; AND TO REQUIRE A PERSON ASSISTING A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY TO PRESENT IDENTIFICATION."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 479"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 479 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-17T19:39:20+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-14T22:35:50+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8721071a-ecff-4653-aa80-6fd7089aaadd"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "755c40c13f766861b42be098b59b31882e23f8ad16b2e8d3d61ec578c81ee601"
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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 479 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER ASSISTANCE; AND TO REQUIRE A PERSON ASSISTING A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY TO PRESENT IDENTIFICATION.
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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 593** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=593.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **SB 479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB479.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Hawk — primary (person)
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-17T19:39:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-03-17T21:24:07+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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- **2025-03-20T18:55:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31T20:41:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31T20:41:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-03-31T22:39:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-04-01T02:23:18+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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- **2025-04-03T00:56:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-08T02:00:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T14:00:32+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
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- **2025-04-08T18:16:32+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
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- **2025-04-08T18:16:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-09T14:12:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-09T14:12:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-14T22:35:50+00:00** Notification that SB479 is now Act 593 `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/8721071a-ecff-4653-aa80-6fd7089aaadd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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