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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RUNOFF ELECTIONS FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RUNOFF ELECTIONS FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Arkansas SB 608 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-02T16:45:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:52:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da695b85-4b5f-4483-aaf6-f7daeb6733b2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b12427aceed545aa3d52dfc0b5482e3ab9949ac3c6119433fe806ed2e594de6e"
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 608 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RUNOFF ELECTIONS FOR COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 991** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=991.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 608** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB608.pdf)
## Sponsors
- M. Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-02T16:45:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T18:26:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:27:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T20:27:21+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T20:27:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T20:27:58+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-10T21:46:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-10T23:40:46+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`
- **2025-04-14T21:26:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T21:38:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:38:27+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:58:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:58:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:42:30+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:42:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:52:41+00:00** Notification that SB608 is now Act 991 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da695b85-4b5f-4483-aaf6-f7daeb6733b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).