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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

SJR 13: A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE, CIRCUIT JUDGE, OR DISTRICT JUDGE TO DECLARE HIS OR HER PARTY AFFILIATION OR INDEPENDENT STATUS WHEN RUNNING FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE.

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

SJR 13 is a joint resolution introduced in the Arkansas Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE, CIRCUIT JUDGE, OR DISTRICT JUDGE TO DECLARE HIS OR HER PARTY AFFILIATION OR INDEPENDENT STATUS WHEN RUNNING FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE. Primary sponsor: Robin Lundstrum (Republican), Jim Dotson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died on Senate Calendar 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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Robin LundstrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Jim DotsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate34

“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 on Senate Calendar at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  3. Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
  4. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  5. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  6. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
  7. Rules suspended.
  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
  9. Filed

Sources

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