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Arkansas Senate Bill SB351

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 592 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/5/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 351 3
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97 By: Senator J. Dismang 5
108 By: Representative Eaves 6
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ETHICS AND 9
1412 CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 10
1513 1 OF 1990; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 11
1614 1996; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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1816 14
1917 Subtitle 15
2018 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ETHICS AND 16
2119 CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF 17
2220 INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990; AND TO AMEND 18
2321 PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996. 19
2422 20
2523 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
2624 22
2725 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-203(a)(1), concerning a candidate's 23
2826 acceptance of campaign contributions and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 24
2927 1996, is amended to add an additional subdivision to read as follows: 25
3028 (C) It shall be unlawful for a prospective contributor 26
3129 other than those under subdivisions (a)(1)(A)(i) -(vi) of this section to make 27
3230 a contribution to: 28
3331 (i) A candidate for public office; or 29
3432 (ii) A person acting on the candidate’s behalf. 30
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3634 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-203(f)(4)(A)(iii), concerning a 32
3735 candidate's acceptance of campaign funds as personal income and resulting 33
3836 from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 34
3937 (iii) If a candidate or officeholder is assessed a 35
40-fine by the Arkansas Ethics Commission under § 7 -6-218(b)(4)(B) for the use 36 As Engrossed: S3/5/25 SB351
38+fine by the Arkansas Ethics Commission under § 7 -6-218(b)(4)(B) for the use 36 SB351
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4541 of campaign funds as personal income, a candidate or officeholder shall not 1
4642 use campaign funds or carryover remaining campaign funds to pay the fine. 2
4743 3
4844 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-203(g)(2)(E), concerning a candidate's 4
4945 acceptance of campaign funds as personal income and resulting from Initiated 5
5046 Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 6
5147 (E) If a candidate or officeholder uses campaign funds or 7
5248 carryover remaining campaign funds to pay a fine imposed by the Arkansas 8
5349 Ethics Commission under § 7 -6-218(b)(4)(B) for the use of campaign funds as 9
5450 personal income, the candidate or officeholder shall be deemed to have taken 10
5551 campaign funds as personal income. 11
5652 12
5753 SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-206(a), concerning records of 13
5854 contributions and expenditures for campaign finance, is amended to read as 14
5955 follows: 15
6056 (a) A candidate, a political party, or a person acting in the 16
6157 candidate's behalf, a political party, a county political party committee, a 17
6258 political action committee, an independent expenditure committee, or a person 18
6359 making independent expenditures shall keep records of all contributions and 19
6460 expenditures in a manner sufficient to evidence compliance with §§ 7-6-207 — 20
6561 7-6-210 § 7-6-201 et seq. 21
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67- SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-207(a)(1)(F), concerning records of 23
63+ SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-207(a)(1)(B), concerning records of 23
6864 contributions and expenditures for campaign finance and resulting from 24
6965 Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 25
70- (F)(i) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds after 26
71-an election, but does not have any activity before the end of the year, the 27
72-candidate shall not be required to file a fourth quarter report. 28
73- (ii) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds 29
74-and or raises campaign funds for a future campaign, or expends campaign funds 30
75-for office holder expenses or a future election, the candidate shall continue 31
76-filing the reports required by this subsection. 32
77- (iii) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds 33
78-after an election, the candidate shall continue filing the reports required 34
79-by this subsection. 35
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66+ (B)(i) Beginning with the month of January of a calendar 26
67+year in which a candidate may be listed on any ballot for election, a monthly 27
68+report of all contributions received and expenditures made during that month. 28
69+ (ii) However, for any month in which certain days of 29
70+that month are included in a preelection report required under subdivision 30
71+(a)(1)(C) of this section or a final report required under subdivision 31
72+(a)(1)(D) of this section, no monthly report for that month shall be due. 32
73+ (iii) In the case of a primary or runoff election, 33
74+those days of the month occurring after the date of the election shall be 34
75+carried forward and included in the next monthly report. 35
76+ (iv) The monthly report shall be filed no later than 36 SB351
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79+twenty (20) days after the end of each month, except that the final report, 1
80+covering the month during which an election is held, shall be filed within 2
81+thirty (30) days no later than the last day of the month after the end of the 3
82+month in which the last election is held at which the candidate seeks 4
83+nomination and after the end of the month in which the general election is 5
84+held. 6
85+ (v) With respect to a special election, the 7
86+candidate shall file monthly reports under this section beginning with the 8
87+month in which the special election candidate's total campaign contributions 9
88+or expenditures exceed five hundred dollars ($500); 10
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90+ SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-207(a)(1)(F), concerning records of 12
91+contributions and expenditures for campaign finance and resulting from 13
92+Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 14
93+ (F)(i) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds after 15
94+an election, but does not have any activity before the end of the year, the 16
95+candidate shall not be required to file a fourth quarter report. 17
96+ (ii) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds 18
97+and or raises campaign funds for a future campaign, or expends campaign funds 19
98+for office holder expenses or a future election, the candidate shall continue 20
99+filing the reports required by this subsection. 21
100+ (iii) If a candidate keeps remaining campaign funds 22
101+after an election, the candidate shall continue filing the reports required 23
102+by this subsection. 24
103+ 25
104+ SECTION 7. Arkansas Code § 7-6-207(b)(2)(B), concerning records of 26
105+contributions and expenditures for campaign finance and resulting from 27
106+Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 28
107+ (B) If a candidate's campaign has ended and the candidate 29
108+is retaining remaining campaign funds, the final report shall also indicate 30
109+the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance with § 7 -6-201(3) 31
110+[repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 32
111+ 33
112+ SECTION 8. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-208(b)(2)(A), concerning reports of 34
113+contributions for candidates for school district, township, or municipal 35
114+office and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as 36 SB351
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117+follows: 1
118+ (2)(A) When the candidate's campaign has ended, the final report 2
119+shall also indicate which option under § 7 -6-203(g) was used to dispose of 3
120+any surplus of campaign funds, the amount of funds disposed of by the 4
121+candidate, and the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance 5
122+with § 7-6-201(3) [repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 6
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124+ SECTION 9. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-209(b)(2)(A), concerning reports of 8
125+contributions for candidates for county offices and resulting from Initiated 9
126+Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 10
127+ (2)(A) When the candidate's campaign has ended, the final report 11
128+shall also indicate which option under § 7 -6-203(g) was used to dispose of 12
129+any surplus of campaign funds, the amount of funds disposed of by the 13
130+candidate, and the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance 14
131+with § 7-6-201(3) [repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 15
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133+ SECTION 10. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-215(d)(6), concerning registration and 17
134+reporting by approved political action committees and resulting from 18
135+Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 19
136+ (6)(A) A political action committee shall indicate on its 20
137+quarterly report for the fourth quarter of each calendar year whether or not 21
138+it intends to terminate its registration for the next calendar year. 22
139+ (B) If a quarterly report for the fourth quarter is filed 23
140+in paper form, the form utilized by the Secretary of State for filing shall 24
141+require the political action committee to indicate whether or not it intends 25
142+to terminate its registration for the next calendar year. 26
143+ (C) If the Secretary of State offers electronic filing of 27
144+political action committee reports, the format used by the Secretary of State 28
145+for the filing of political action committee reports in electronic form shall 29
146+require a political action committee indicating that it intends to terminate 30
147+its registration for the next calendar year to terminate its registration for 31
148+the next calendar year before submitting its quarterly report for the fourth 32
149+quarter. 33
150+ (D)(B) If a political action committee does not file any 34
151+quarterly reports for a period of two (2) years, the Secretary of State shall 35
152+terminate the political action committee's registration due to inactivity. 36 SB351
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85- SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-207(b)(2)(B), concerning records of 1
86-contributions and expenditures for campaign finance and resulting from 2
87-Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 3
88- (B) If a candidate's campaign has ended and the candidate 4
89-is retaining remaining campaign funds, the final report shall also indicate 5
90-the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance with § 7 -6-201(3) 6
91-[repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 7
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156+ SECTION 11. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-216(c), concerning registration and 2
157+reports by exploratory committees and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1990, 3
158+is amended to read as follows: 4
159+ (c) Within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, No later than 5
160+twenty (20) days after the end of each month, an exploratory committee shall 6
161+file a report with the appropriate filing office indicating: 7
162+ (1) The total amount of contributions received during the filing 8
163+period; 9
164+ (2) The name and address of each person who has made a 10
165+contribution which, in the aggregate, exceeds two hundred dollars ($200), 11
166+along with the contributor's principal place of business, employer, 12
167+occupation, and the amount contributed; and 13
168+ (3) The total amount of expenditures made and, for each single 14
169+expenditure that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), an itemization, 15
170+including the amount of the expenditure, the name and address of the person 16
171+to whom the expenditure was made, and the date the expenditure was made. 17
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173+ SECTION 12. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-216(d)(1)(A), concerning registration 19
174+and reports by exploratory committees and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 20
175+1990, is amended to read as follows: 21
176+ (d)(1)(A)(i) The first report shall be filed for the month in which 22
177+the committee files its registration. 23
178+ (ii) The final report shall be filed within thirty 24
179+(30) days after the end of the month no later than the last day of the month 25
180+in which the committee either transfers its contributions to a candidate's 26
181+campaign or no longer accepts contributions. 27
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183+ SECTION 13. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-220(a)(1)(B), concerning the report of 29
184+independent expenditures and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is 30
185+amended to read as follows: 31
186+ (B) Each subsequent report shall be filed no later than 32
187+fifteen (15) twenty (20) days after the end of each month until the election 33
188+is held, except as required in subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section. 34
189+ 35
190+ SECTION 14. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-220(a)(3), concerning the report of 36 SB351
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193+independent expenditures and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is 1
194+amended to read as follows: 2
195+ (3) As for a final report, no later than thirty (30) days the 3
196+last day of the month after the end of the month in which the last election 4
197+is held at which the candidate seeks nomination or election. 5
198+ 6
199+ SECTION 15. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-227(a)(1)(A), concerning registration 7
200+by an independent expenditure committee, is amended to read as follows: 8
201+ (a)(1)(A) An independent expenditure committee shall register with the 9
202+Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions or 10
203+making independent expenditures that exceed five hundred dollars ($500) two 11
204+hundred dollars ($200) in the aggregate during a calendar year. 12
205+ 13
206+ SECTION 16. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-228(c)(2), concerning campaign signs 14
207+and campaign materials, is amended to read as follows: 15
208+ (2) Subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section applies only to 16
209+campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials 17
210+created by or sponsored by a political candidate, the campaign of a political 18
211+candidate, a political action committee, or an independent expenditure 19
212+committee, or persons making independent expenditures . 20
213+ 21
214+ SECTION 17. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-402(2)(B), concerning the definition 22
215+of "ballot question committee" as it relates to matters referred to voters, 23
216+is amended to read as follows: 24
217+ (B) A person other than an individual or an approved 25
218+political action committee as defined in § 7 -6-201, located within or outside 26
219+Arkansas, also qualifies as a ballot question committee if an amount equal to 27
220+two percent (2%) or more of its annual revenues, operating expenses, or funds 28
221+are for the most recently completed year is used to make a contribution or 29
222+contributions to another ballot question committee and if the contribution or 30
223+contributions exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in value; 31
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225+ SECTION 18. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-402(10)(B), concerning the definition 33
226+of "legislative question committee" as it relates to matters referred to 34
227+voters, is amended to read as follows: 35
228+ (B) A person other than an individual or an approved 36 SB351
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231+political action committee as defined in § 7 -6-201, located within or outside 1
232+Arkansas, also qualifies as a legislative question committee if an amount 2
233+equal to two percent (2%) or more of its annual revenues, operating expenses, 3
234+or funds are for the most recently completed year is used to make a 4
235+contribution or contributions to another legislative question committee and 5
236+if the contribution or contributions exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in 6
237+value; 7
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93- SECTION 7. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-208(b)(2)(A), concerning reports of 9
94-contributions for candidates for school district, township, or municipal 10
95-office and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as 11
96-follows: 12
97- (2)(A) When the candidate's campaign has ended, the final report 13
98-shall also indicate which option under § 7 -6-203(g) was used to dispose of 14
99-any surplus of campaign funds, the amount of funds disposed of by the 15
100-candidate, and the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance 16
101-with § 7-6-201(3) [repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 17
102- 18
103- SECTION 8. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-209(b)(2)(A), concerning reports of 19
104-contributions for candidates for county offices and resulting from Initiated 20
105-Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 21
106- (2)(A) When the candidate's campaign has ended, the final report 22
107-shall also indicate which option under § 7 -6-203(g) was used to dispose of 23
108-any surplus of campaign funds, the amount of funds disposed of by the 24
109-candidate, and the amount of funds retained by the candidate in accordance 25
110-with § 7-6-201(3) [repealed] as remaining campaign funds . 26
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112- SECTION 9. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-215(d)(6), concerning registration and 28
113-reporting by approved political action committees and resulting from 29
114-Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 30
115- (6)(A) A political action committee shall indicate on its 31
116-quarterly report for the fourth quarter of each calendar year whether or not 32
117-it intends to terminate its registration for the next calendar year. 33
118- (B) If a quarterly report for the fourth quarter is filed 34
119-in paper form, the form utilized by the Secretary of State for filing shall 35
120-require the political action committee to indicate whether or not it intends 36 As Engrossed: S3/5/25 SB351
239+ SECTION 19. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-409(a)(3), concerning time for filing 9
240+financial reports for matters referred to voters, is amended to read as 10
241+follows: 11
242+ (3)(A) Furthermore, a A final financial report shall be filed no 12
243+later than thirty (30) days after the election. 13
244+ (B) If a ballot question fails to qualify for the ballot 14
245+or is disqualified, the final financial report required under subdivision 15
246+(a)(3)(A) of this section shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days after 16
247+the end of the month in which the ballot question fails to qualify for the 17
248+ballot or is disqualified. 18
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250+ SECTION 20. Arkansas Code Title 7, Chapter 9, Subchapter 4, is amended 20
251+to add an additional section to read as follows: 21
252+ 7-9-416. Contributions and expenditures for campaign signs, campaign 22
253+literature, and printed campaign materials. 23
254+ (a) A ballot question committee, a legislative question committee, an 24
255+individual person, or an elected official who receives contributions or makes 25
256+expenditures to support or oppose a ballot question or legislative question: 26
257+ (1) May reuse the campaign signs, campaign literature, and other 27
258+printed campaign materials in future initiative campaigns that have been 28
259+properly reported in a previous campaign by that committee, individual 29
260+person, or elected official; and 30
261+ (2) Is not required to list the campaign signs, campaign 31
262+literature, and other printed campaign materials under subdivision (a)(1) of 32
263+this section in future reports filed under this subchapter. 33
264+ (b)(1) Campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign 34
265+materials under subsection (a) of this section shall clearly contain the 35
266+words “Paid for by” followed by the name of the committee, individual person, 36 SB351
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125-to terminate its registration for the next calendar year. 1
126- (C) If the Secretary of State offers electronic filing of 2
127-political action committee reports, the format used by the Secretary of State 3
128-for the filing of political action committee reports in electronic form shall 4
129-require a political action committee indicating that it intends to terminate 5
130-its registration for the next calendar year to terminate its registration for 6
131-the next calendar year before submitting its quarterly report for the fourth 7
132-quarter. 8
133- (D)(B) If a political action committee does not file any 9
134-quarterly reports for a period of two (2) years, the Secretary of State shall 10
135-terminate the political action committee's registration due to inactivity. 11
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137- SECTION 10. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-216(c), concerning registration and 13
138-reports by exploratory committees and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1990, 14
139-is amended to read as follows: 15
140- (c) Within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, No later than 16
141-twenty (20) days after the end of each month, an exploratory committee shall 17
142-file a report with the appropriate filing office indicating: 18
143- (1) The total amount of contributions received during the filing 19
144-period; 20
145- (2) The name and address of each person who has made a 21
146-contribution which, in the aggregate, exceeds two hundred dollars ($200), 22
147-along with the contributor's principal place of business, employer, 23
148-occupation, and the amount contributed; and 24
149- (3) The total amount of expenditures made and, for each single 25
150-expenditure that exceeds one hundred dollars ($100), an itemization, 26
151-including the amount of the expenditure, the name and address of the person 27
152-to whom the expenditure was made, and the date the expenditure was made. 28
153- 29
154- SECTION 11. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-220(a)(1)(B), concerning the report of 30
155-independent expenditures and resulting from Initiated Act 1 of 1996, is 31
156-amended to read as follows: 32
157- (B) Each subsequent report shall be filed no later than 33
158-fifteen (15) twenty (20) days after the end of each month until the election 34
159-is held, except as required in subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section. 35
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165- SECTION 12. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-227(a)(1)(A), concerning registration 1
166-by an independent expenditure committee, is amended to read as follows: 2
167- (a)(1)(A) An independent expenditure committee shall register with the 3
168-Secretary of State within fifteen (15) days after accepting contributions or 4
169-making independent expenditures that exceed five hundred dollars ($500) two 5
170-hundred dollars ($200) in the aggregate during a calendar year. 6
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269+or elected official who paid for the campaign sign, campaign literature, or 1
270+other printed campaign materials. 2
271+ (2) The ballot question committee, legislative question 3
272+committee, individual person, or elected official printing the campaign sign, 4
273+campaign literature, or other printed campaign materials shall be responsible 5
274+for including the language required under subdivision (b)(1) of this section. 6
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172- SECTION 13. Arkansas Code § 7 -6-228(c)(2), concerning campaign signs 8
173-and campaign materials, is amended to read as follows: 9
174- (2) Subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section applies only to 10
175-campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign materials 11
176-created by or sponsored by a political candidate, the campaign of a political 12
177-candidate, a political action committee, or an independent expenditure 13
178-committee, or persons making independent expenditures . 14
179- 15
180- SECTION 14. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-402(2)(B), concerning the definition 16
181-of "ballot question committee" as it relates to matters referred to voters, 17
182-is amended to read as follows: 18
183- (B) A person other than an individual or an approved 19
184-political action committee as defined in § 7 -6-201, located within or outside 20
185-Arkansas, also qualifies as a ballot question committee if an amount equal to 21
186-two percent (2%) or more of its annual revenues, operating expenses, or funds 22
187-are for the most recently completed year is used to make a contribution or 23
188-contributions to another ballot question committee and if the contribution or 24
189-contributions exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in value; 25
190- 26
191- SECTION 15. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-402(10)(B), concerning the definition 27
192-of "legislative question committee" as it relates to matters referred to 28
193-voters, is amended to read as follows: 29
194- (B) A person other than an individual or an approved 30
195-political action committee as defined in § 7 -6-201, located within or outside 31
196-Arkansas, also qualifies as a legislative question committee if an amount 32
197-equal to two percent (2%) or more of its annual revenues, operating expenses, 33
198-or funds are for the most recently completed year is used to make a 34
199-contribution or contributions to another legislative question committee and 35
200-if the contribution or contributions exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in 36 As Engrossed: S3/5/25 SB351
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207- SECTION 16. Arkansas Code § 7 -9-409(a)(3), concerning time for filing 3
208-financial reports for matters referred to voters, is amended to read as 4
209-follows: 5
210- (3)(A) Furthermore, a A final financial report shall be filed no 6
211-later than thirty (30) days after the election. 7
212- (B) If a ballot question fails to qualify for the ballot 8
213-or is disqualified, the final financial report required under subdivision 9
214-(a)(3)(A) of this section shall be filed no later than thirty (30) days after 10
215-the end of the month in which the ballot question fails to qualify for the 11
216-ballot or is disqualified. 12
217- 13
218- SECTION 17. Arkansas Code Title 7, Chapter 9, Subchapter 4, is amended 14
219-to add an additional section to read as follows: 15
220- 7-9-416. Contributions and expenditures for campaign signs, campaign 16
221-literature, and printed campaign materials. 17
222- (a) A ballot question committee, a legislative question committee, an 18
223-individual person, or an elected official who receives contributions or makes 19
224-expenditures to support or oppose a ballot question or legislative question: 20
225- (1) May reuse the campaign signs, campaign literature, and other 21
226-printed campaign materials in future initiative campaigns that have been 22
227-properly reported in a previous campaign by that committee, individual 23
228-person, or elected official; and 24
229- (2) Is not required to list the campaign signs, campaign 25
230-literature, and other printed campaign materials under subdivision (a)(1) of 26
231-this section in future reports filed under this subchapter. 27
232- (b)(1) Campaign signs, campaign literature, and other printed campaign 28
233-materials under subsection (a) of this section shall clearly contain the 29
234-words “Paid for by” followed by the name of the committee, individual person, 30
235-or elected official who paid for the campaign sign, campaign literature, or 31
236-other printed campaign materials. 32
237- (2) The ballot question committee, legislative question 33
238-committee, individual person, or elected official printing the campaign sign, 34
239-campaign literature, or other printed campaign materials shall be responsible 35
240-for including the language required under subdivision (b)(1) of this section. 36 As Engrossed: S3/5/25 SB351
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246- SECTION 18. Arkansas Code § 21 -8-703(a), concerning the place and 2
247-manner for filing a statement of financial interest, is amended to add an 3
248-additional subdivision to read as follows: 4
249- (7) Executive directors of education service cooperatives 5
250-required to file shall file with the county clerk. 6
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276+ SECTION 21. Arkansas Code § 21 -8-703(a), concerning the place and 8
277+manner for filing a statement of financial interest, is amended to add an 9
278+additional subdivision to read as follows: 10
279+ (7) Executive directors of education service cooperatives 11
280+required to file shall file with the county clerk. 12
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