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2025R: HB1042
TO CREATE THE DIRECT DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2025; TO REPEAL THE ENSURING ACCESS FOR ALL ARKANSANS AND VOTER PROTECTION ACT OF 2023; AND TO AMEND THE PROCEDURE FOR THE FILING OF A BALLOT INITIATIVE PETITION AND REFERENDUM PETITION.
Latest action: Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
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| Sponsor | Role |
|---|---|
| A. Collins | lead |
| Barnett | cosponsor |
| D. Garner | cosponsor |
| Gonzales Worthen | cosponsor |
| Springer | cosponsor |
| T. Shephard | cosponsor |
| When | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2024, 3:44 p.m. CT | House | Filed |
| Jan 13, 2025, 3:04 p.m. CT | House | Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE |
| Jan 16, 2025, 8:47 a.m. CT | House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. |
| Jan 16, 2025, 8:47 a.m. CT | House | Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. |
| Jan 16, 2025, 4:41 p.m. CT | House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED |
| Jan 23, 2025, 8:32 a.m. CT | House | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. |
| Jan 23, 2025, 8:32 a.m. CT | House | Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. |
| Jan 23, 2025, 10:24 a.m. CT | House | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED |
| May 5, 2025, 9:35 a.m. CT | House | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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| When | Meeting | Video |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2025, 3:30 p.m. CT | House State Agencies - Governmental Affairs Committee · Committee Room 151 | Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar |
Filed amendments on record: H1 (House) by A. Collins, filed Jan 15, 2025, 12:05 p.m. CT; H2 (House) by A. Collins, filed Jan 22, 2025, 4:55 p.m. CT.
| Number | Chamber | Sponsor | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | House | A. Collins | Jan 15, 2025, 12:05 p.m. CT |
| H2 | House | A. Collins | Jan 22, 2025, 4:55 p.m. CT |
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