All Roll Calls
Yes: 294 • No: 97
ArkansasHB17132025 Regular SessionHouse
TO REQUIRE BALLOT TITLES FOR INITIATED MEASURES TO BE AT OR UNDER A CERTAIN READING LEVEL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Sponsored By: Mark Johnson (Republican), Ryan A. Rose (Republican)
Enacted
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Arkansas ballot titles face new reading limits
Before petitions circulate, Arkansas’s attorney general cannot certify initiative or referendum ballot titles above an eighth-grade reading level. The test uses the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level formula as it existed on January 1, 2025. For rejections under this rule, the attorney general must explain why and direct petitioners to revise the title or measure. Titles certified before the law’s effective date are exempt.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Mark Johnson
Republican • Senate
Ryan A. Rose
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Alan Clark
Republican • Senate
Ronald Caldwell
Republican • Senate
Cindy Crawford
Republican • House
Dave Wallace
Republican • Senate
Ben Gilmore
Republican • Senate
RJ Hawk
Republican • House
Bart Hester
Republican • Senate
Justin Boyd
Republican • Senate
Joshua Bryant
Republican • Senate
Kim Hammer
Republican • Senate
Wayne Long
Republican • House
Robin Lundstrum
Republican • House
Matt McKee
Republican • Senate
Richard McGrew
Republican • House
David Ray
Republican • House
Stephen Meeks
Republican • House
Kendon Underwood
Republican • House
Steve Unger
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 9:26:24 PM
Yes: 29 • No: 5
House vote • 3/19/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:09:25 PM
Yes: 70 • No: 23 • Other: 1
House vote • 3/19/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:09:10 PM
Yes: 72 • No: 20
House vote • 3/18/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, March 18, 2025 2:29:36 PM
Yes: 63 • No: 26 • Other: 8
House vote • 3/18/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, March 18, 2025 2:29:18 PM
Yes: 60 • No: 23 • Other: 10
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1713 is now Act 602
4/14/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/9/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/9/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/8/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/3/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
3/19/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/19/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
3/19/2025HouseUpon Motion, Reconsideraton of the Emergency Clause Passed
3/19/2025HouseEmergency Clause Failed of Adoption
3/18/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/18/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/17/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
3/17/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
3/17/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
3/12/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
3/10/2025HouseFiled
3/10/2025House
Bill Text
HB1713 - Introduced
3/10/2025
Act Version
Related Bills
HB1265, AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
HB1237, TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIVIDUALS.
HB1686, TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.
SB440, TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES.
HB1695, TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN PERSONS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRIORITY OF UNRECORDED MUNICIPAL LIENS.
HR1012, TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED AS A DESIGNATED SURVIVOR.