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type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE VOTER REGISTRATION AND SECURE VOTER RECORDS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
description: "TO CREATE THE VOTER REGISTRATION AND SECURE VOTER RECORDS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1407"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1407 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "McClure"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13T18:55:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:02:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c8f2e2-4bfa-41db-a83f-4d3ff63d958b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3fb5718e261ac65bb14167bece321d13e892a3085473bac9d0817abf65e3cd21"
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 HB 1407 (2023) — TO CREATE THE VOTER REGISTRATION AND SECURE VOTER RECORDS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51; AND TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=441.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1407-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1407-S2.pdf)
4. **HB 1407** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1407.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **931** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **930** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **310** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- M. McKee — primary (person)
- McClure — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — 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)
- 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. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — 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.
- **2023-02-13T18:55:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:33:17+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`
- **2023-02-20T22:48:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:27:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T22:13:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:13:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T22:26:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T16:58:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T16:58:36+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-16T19:53:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T19:47:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:48:09+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-03-27T21:08:26+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-03-27T21:08:32+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:38:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T19:31:14+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:31:36+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:31:39+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:10:31+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:02:08+00:00** Notification that HB1407 is now Act 441 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c8f2e2-4bfa-41db-a83f-4d3ff63d958b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).