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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1042: 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.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1042 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on November 20, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Andrew Collins (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew CollinsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Lincoln BarnettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Denise GarnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Tara ShephardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Joy SpringerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Diana Gonzales WorthenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  3. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  4. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  5. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  6. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  7. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  8. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
  9. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source