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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO DISCLOSE THAT PETITION FRAUD IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO DISCLOSE THAT PETITION FRAUD IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
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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 207"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 207 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Underwood"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-06T16:23:44+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-02-27T21:46:49+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cfd0b39-efdf-4fa2-a1ce-15b626e1c642"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "7f36f04cfe53efd70a2724fe56df009de56588a1bb090eff699c09a1d313ceb5"
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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 207 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS; TO REQUIRE A CANVASSER TO DISCLOSE THAT PETITION FRAUD IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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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 218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=218.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB207-H1.pdf)
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3. **SB 207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB207.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- K. Hammer — primary (person)
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- Underwood — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06T16:23:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06T17:36:44+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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- **2025-02-11T19:45:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12T20:58:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12T20:58:49+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-02-12T20:59:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-02-12T22:29:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-02-12T23:38:41+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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- **2025-02-19T19:50:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-20T14:30:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-02-20T14:30:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20T18:19:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-02-24T20:06:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24T20:06:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-02-24T20:06:49+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2025-02-24T20:53:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
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- **2025-02-24T20:53:27+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25T19:57:16+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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- **2025-02-26T19:54:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-02-26T19:54:53+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
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- **2025-02-26T19:55:05+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-02-26T19:55:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-26T19:55:37+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- **2025-02-26T19:55:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-02-26T20:57:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-02-26T20:57:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-02-27T21:46:49+00:00** Notification that SB207 is now Act 218 `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/1cfd0b39-efdf-4fa2-a1ce-15b626e1c642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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