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Arkansas House Bill HB1574

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 453 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/10/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1574 3
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97 By: Representative Vaught 5
108 By: Senator K. Hammer 6
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
13-AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAID CANVASSERS; 9
14-TO REQUIRE DOMICILE IN ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER 10
15-PURPOSES. 11
11+AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CANVASSERS; TO 9
12+REQUIRE DOMICILE IN ARKANSAS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 10
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18-Subtitle 14
19-TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAID 15
20-CANVASSERS; AND TO REQUIRE DOMICILE IN 16
21-ARKANSAS. 17
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16+TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CANVASSERS; 14
17+AND TO REQUIRE DOMICILE IN ARKANSAS. 15
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19+BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 17
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23-BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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25- SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-103(a), concerning residence of 21
26-canvassers, is amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows: 22
27- (7) A person shall not act as a paid canvasser unless he or she 23
28-is: 24
29- (A) A resident of this state; and 25
30- (B) Domiciled in the state if acting as a paid canvasser 26
31-for a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition. 27
21+ SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-103(a)(6), concerning residence of 19
22+canvassers, is amended to read as follows: 20
23+ (6) A person shall not act as a canvasser unless he or she is: 21
24+ (A) Is a resident of this state ; and 22
25+ (B) Is domiciled in: 23
26+ (i) The state if acting as a canvasser for a 24
27+statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition; or 25
28+ (ii) The county where a local petition will be 26
29+submitted if acting as a canvasser for a local petition. 27
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3331 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 7-9-103(d), concerning the signing of 29
3432 petitions, is amended to read as follows: 30
3533 (d)(1) A person acting as a sponsor or an agent of a sponsor shall not 31
3634 knowingly hire a person as a paid canvasser who: 32
3735 (A) Is not a resident of this state; and 33
38- (B) Is not domiciled in the state if acting as a paid 34
39-canvasser for a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum 35
40-petition. 36 As Engrossed: H3/10/25 HB1574
36+ (B) Is not domiciled in: 34
37+ (i) The state if acting as a canvasser for a 35
38+statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition; or 36 HB1574
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45- (2) A person who fails to comply with subdivision (d)(1) of this 1
46-section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined two 2
47-thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each paid canvasser hired in 3
48-violation of subdivision (d)(1) of this section. 4
49- (e) When the official charged with verifying the signatures has 5
50-reasonable grounds to believe that one (1) or more signatures on a petition 6
51-is forged, the official shall report the suspected forgery and basis for 7
52-suspecting forgery to: 8
53- (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police, in the case of a 9
54-statewide petition; or 10
55- (2) The prosecuting attorney of the county, in the case of a 11
56-local petition. 12
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58- SECTION 3. DO NOT CODIFY. Severability. 14
59- If any provision of this act or the application of this act to any 15
60-person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other 16
61-provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the 17
62-invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this act 18
63-are declared severable. 19
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65-SECTION 4. DO NOT CODIFY. The Supreme Court has interpreted domicile to 21
66-require "actual residence plus the intent to remain in a particular place". 22
67-Leathers v. Womack, 341 Ark. 609, 618 (2000). An individual may have only one 23
68-(1) domicile, and circumstances must present "a bona fide intention of making 24
69-it a fixed and permanent place of abode". Id. at. 619. 25
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41+ (ii) The county where a local petition will be 1
42+submitted if acting as a canvasser for a local petition. 2
43+ (2) A person who fails to comply with subdivision (d)(1) of this 3
44+section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined two 4
45+thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each paid canvasser hired in 5
46+violation of subdivision (d)(1) of this section. 6
47+ (e) When the official charged with verifying the signatures has 7
48+reasonable grounds to believe that one (1) or more signatures on a petition 8
49+is forged, the official shall report the suspected forgery and basis for 9
50+suspecting forgery to: 10
51+ (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police, in the case of a 11
52+statewide petition; or 12
53+ (2) The prosecuting attorney of the county, in the case of a 13
54+local petition. 14
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56+ SECTION 3. DO NOT CODIFY. Severability. 16
57+ If any provision of this act or the application of this act to any 17
58+person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other 18
59+provisions or applications of this act which can be given effect without the 19
60+invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this act 20
61+are declared severable. 21
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