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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Arkansas SB 308 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T22:58:18+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:49:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0185f2fe-9a5c-4136-8ac8-c8920782dec6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "343d8d2af865f9d84018a31d07f42bd27d79804bb84d4669b5edc449cef5cc03"
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 308 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE; AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 284** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=284.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB308-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB308.pdf)
## Sponsors
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-25T22:58:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T23:19:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T22:30:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:48:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:48:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:25:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:28:36+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`
- **2025-03-05T20:21:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T14:31:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T14:31:22+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:56:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T20:08:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:08:57+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-10T22:24:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-11T19:01:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-11T19:04:21+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-03-11T19:04:33+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-11T19:05:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T19:05:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T21:26:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T21:26:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:49:25+00:00** Notification that SB308 is now Act 284 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0185f2fe-9a5c-4136-8ac8-c8920782dec6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).