Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SB304 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 03/20/2025

                            Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. 
Act 372 of the Regular Session 
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly A Bill     2 
Regular Session, 2025  	SENATE BILL 304 3 
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By: Senator M. McKee 5 
By: Representative Beaty Jr. 6 
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8 
AN ACT TO ALLOW A CLASS OF REGISTERED VOTERS THAT 9 
HAVE CHANGED THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE TO CAST A 10 
VALID BALLOT; TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 11 
CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 12 
ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51, § 19; AND FOR 13 
OTHER PURPOSES.  14 
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TO ALLOW A CLASS OF REGISTERED VOTERS 18 
THAT HAVE CHANGED THEIR COUNTY OF 19 
RESIDENCE TO CAST A VALID BALLOT; AND TO 20 
AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS 21 
CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51. 22 
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24 
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 SECTION 1.  Under the authority granted by Arkansas Constitution, 26 
Amendment 51, § 19, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 51, § 10(b)(2), 27 
concerning transfer and change of status for voter registration, is amended 28 
to read as follows: 29 
 (2)(A)  If the updated registration information is actually 30 
received in the office of the county clerk of the voter's new county 	not 31 
later than four (4) days before the polls close for a scheduled election, the 32 
voter shall have the right to vote in the scheduled election in the precinct 33 
into which the voter just moved in the new county. 34 
 (B)  If the updated registration information is not 35 
actually received by the fourth day before the polls close for a scheduled 36    	SB304 
 
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APPROVED: 3/20/25 4 
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