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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS POLL WATCHERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLL WATCHERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION PROCEDURES."
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description: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS POLL WATCHERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLL WATCHERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION PROCEDURES."
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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: "HB 1457"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1457 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Furman", "K. Hammer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-20T16:15:11+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-04T15:09:46+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a712daf-fc97-4189-9098-8420737af271"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "c5852ea995af79c0ba16cf42a1caa95641aee805945fd6daf2d318f1784a1c5d"
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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 HB 1457 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS POLL WATCHERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLL WATCHERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION PROCEDURES.
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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 444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=444.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%2FHB1457-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1457-H2.pdf)
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4. **HB 1457** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1457.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Furman — primary (person)
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- K. Hammer — 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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- 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. 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- **2023-02-20T16:15:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2023-02-20T23:23:30+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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- **2023-02-28T14:34:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-02-28T14:34:15+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-28T17:50:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-08T18:25:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-09T14:31:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2023-03-09T14:31:13+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-09T16:19:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2023-03-13T19:02:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-13T21:45:07+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2023-03-13T21:45:16+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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- **2023-03-28T18:50:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29T21:14:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29T21:14:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
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- **2023-03-29T22:37:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2023-03-29T22:37:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2023-03-30T14:18:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2023-04-04T15:09:46+00:00** Notification that HB1457 is now Act 444 `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/9a712daf-fc97-4189-9098-8420737af271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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