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Arkansas HouseHB1222

TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REVIEW BALLOT TITLES FOR CONFLICTS WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL STATUTES; AND TO PROHIBIT THE SUBMISSION OF CONFLICTING INITIATIVE PETITIONS AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS.

Passed 62–30Crossed party lines

What it does: Lets the Attorney General reject proposed initiated acts and amendments whose text conflicts with the U.S. Constitution or a federal statute, and bars sponsors from submitting multiple conflicting petitions, except after a rejection or after the general election following a certification. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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The tally

Yes 62 · No 30 · Not voting 4 · Present 4

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting / present
Democrats0171 / 1
Republicans62133 / 3

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes. 13 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (100)

Yes 62

No 30

Present 4

Not voting 4

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.