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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1713: TO REQUIRE BALLOT TITLES FOR INITIATED MEASURES TO BE AT OR UNDER A CERTAIN READING LEVEL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Enacted 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 1713 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO REQUIRE BALLOT TITLES FOR INITIATED MEASURES TO BE AT OR UNDER A CERTAIN READING LEVEL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Primary sponsor: Mark Johnson (Republican), Ryan Rose (Republican). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): Notification that HB1713 is now Act 602.

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): Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Ryan RosePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Justin BoydCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Josh BryantCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Ron CaldwellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Alan ClarkCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate7
Cindy CrawfordCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
GilmoreCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kim HammerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
R.J. HawkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Bart HesterCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Wayne LongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse39
Robin LundstrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Richard McGrewCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Matt McKeeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Stephen MeeksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
David RayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Kendon UnderwoodCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Steve UngerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Dave WallaceCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“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. Notification that HB1713 is now Act 602
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.
  5. Returned to the House as passed.
  6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  7. Read the third time and passed.
  8. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  9. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
  10. Received from the House.
  11. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  12. Upon Motion, Reconsideraton of the Emergency Clause Passed

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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