Arkansas 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 346 — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE PROCEDURES FOR PETITIONS AND REFERRED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Last action — Notification that SB346 is now Act 376

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

  • SB 346 Current pdf

How this bill changes current law

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The bill changes the penalties for petition fraud, modifies procedures for petition verification, and outlines necessary information for initiative petitions.

  • 5-55-601(c)

    Class A misdemeanor → Class D felony

    The penalty for petition fraud is raised from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony.

  • 7-4-101(f)

    (12) Consider the certification of the ballot title and popular name submitted on a statewide initiative petition or statewide referendum petition under § 7-9-111.

    The State Board of Election Commissioners is given the authority to consider the certification of ballot titles for initiatives and referendums.

  • 7-9-103(b)

    (4) Prints a name, address, or birth date other than his or her own on a petition unless the signer requires assistance due to disability and the person complies with this section; or (5) Prints the date of signing for another person unless the signer requires assistance due to disability and the person complies with this section.

    Additional offenses for signing petitions are defined to include improper printing of personal information and signing for others.

  • 7-9-103(d)

    is forged, excluding signatures apparently signed by one (1) spouse for another

    The clause excluding signatures signed by one spouse for another is removed, thereby treating all forged signatures equally.

  • 7-9-104(b)

    all the information being an aid to verification rather than a mandatory requirement to perfect the validity of the signature.

    The requirement for information on petitions is clarified; it is now an aid to verification rather than a strict requirement.

  • 7-9-104(c)

    No additional sheets of voter signatures shall be attached to any petition unless the sheets contain the full language of the petition. → No additional sheets of voter signatures shall be attached to any petition unless the sheets contain the full language of the petition.

    This section is renumbered but retains the existing requirement regarding additional sheets of signatures.

  • 7-9-107(a)

    submit file the original draft to the Attorney General, with a proposed legislative or ballot title and popular name with the Secretary of State. → submit the original draft to the Attorney General, with a proposed legislative or ballot title and popular name.

    The process for submitting the original draft of petition to the Attorney General is modified to clarify the submission process.

  • 7-9-111(a)

    and shall not count as petitioners any of the names appearing thereon.

    The Secretary of State is required to reject parts of petitions with invalid signatures, which is reiterated.

  • 7-9-111(d)(2)

    which fact was known or could have been ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence on the part of the canvasser

    The burden of proof for valid signatures is placed on sponsors if a significant number are found to be invalid, removing reference to knowledge by the canvasser.

Amendments

1 amendment

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Action History

  1. Notification that SB346 is now Act 376

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned To the Senate as passed.

  7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

  8. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  9. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  10. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE

  11. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  12. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  13. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

  14. Read the third time and passed.

  15. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  16. Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

  17. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  18. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  19. Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1

  20. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

  21. Filed

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on · 11 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (137)

137 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Passed 78 Yea · 13 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 781309
Total 781309
% of votes cast 78%13%0%9%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Berry — Yea
Brown — Yea
Christiansen — Yea
Cloud — Yea
A. Davis — Yea
D. Douglas — Yea
Hawks — Yea
Kelly — Yea
Slape — Yea
Glover — Nay
Godfrey — Nay
Richardson — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Blake — Yea
Bragg — Not Voting
Burch — Not Voting
Capp — Yea
Coleman — Yea
Deffenbaugh — Yea
Fielding — Not Voting
Fortner — Yea
Gates — Yea
Hillman — Yea
House — Not Voting
Jett — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nicks — Not Voting
Richey — Yea
Rushing — Yea
Sorvillo — Yea
Speaks — Yea
Watson — Yea
Aaron Pilkington — Yea
Andrew Collins — Nay
Austin McCollum — Yea
B. Smith — Yea
Brian S. Evans — Yea
Brit McKenzie — Nay
Bruce Cozart — Yea
C. Fite — Yea
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Carlton Wing — Yea
Carol Dalby — Yea
Cindy Crawford — Yea
Clint Penzo — Yea
D. Ferguson — Yea
Dan Sullivan — Yea
David Whitaker — Nay
DeAnn Vaught — Yea
Della Rosa — Nay
Denise Garner — Nay
Dwight Tosh — Yea
Frances Cavenaugh — Yea
Fred Allen — Yea
Fredrick J. Love — Not Voting
Harlan Breaux — Yea
Jack Ladyman — Yea
Jamie Scott — Nay
Jeff Wardlaw — Yea
Jim Dotson — Yea
Jim Petty — Yea
Jim Wooten — Yea
Jimmy Gazaway — Yea
John Maddox — Yea
John Payton — Yea
Johnny Rye — Yea
Jon S. Eubanks — Yea
Julie Mayberry — Yea
Justin Boyd — Yea
Justin Gonzales — Yea
K. Ferguson — Yea
L. Fite — Yea
L. Johnson — Yea
Lane Jean — Yea
Les D. Eaves — Yea
Les Warren — Yea
M. Davis — Yea
M. Gray — Yea
M. Hodges — Yea
M. Hodges — Not Voting
Marcus E. Richmond — Yea
Mark Perry — Yea
Mary Bentley — Yea
Mike Holcomb — Yea
Nicole Clowney — Nay
Reginald Murdock — Not Voting
Richard Womack — Yea
Rick Beck — Yea
Robin Lundstrum — Yea
Roger D. Lynch — Yea
Ron McNair — Yea
S. Smith — Yea
Sonia Eubanks Barker — Yea
Stephen Magie — Nay
Stephen Meeks — Yea
Steve Hollowell — Yea
Steven Walker — Nay
Tippi McCullough — Nay
V. Flowers — Yea

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Read the third time and passed.

Passed 26 Yea · 5 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26504
Total 26504
% of votes cast 74%14%0%11%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
B. Ballinger — Yea
L. Eads — Yea
J. Hendren — Yea
M. Pitsch — Yea
B. Sample — Yea
J. Sturch — Yea
L. Chesterfield — Nay
Elliott — Nay
E. Cheatham — Not Voting
K. Ingram — Not Voting
Bledsoe — Yea
Bond — Nay
Maloch — Not Voting
Rapert — Yea
Teague — Nay
Alan Clark — Yea
Bart Hester — Yea
Blake Johnson — Yea
Breanne Davis — Yea
Cameron Cooper — Yea
Dave Wallace — Yea
Denise Garner — Yea
Gary Stubblefield — Yea
Greg Leding — Nay
Jane English — Yea
Jimmy Hickey, Jr — Yea
Jonathan Dismang — Yea
Kim Hammer — Yea
Mark Johnson — Yea
Missy Irvin — Yea
Ricky Hill — Yea
Ronald Caldwell — Yea
Scott Flippo — Yea
Stephanie Flowers — Not Voting
Terry Rice — Yea

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SB 346 is sponsored by M. Pitsch.
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