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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S2/3/25 S2/5/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 12
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5 By: Senator B. King
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF
10 1967; TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS
11 REGARDING REDISTRICTING BY THE BOARD OF
12 APPORTIONMENT; TO ESTABLISH A PENALTY; AND FOR OTHER
13 PURPOSES.
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16 Subtitle
17 TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
18 OF 1967; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW
19 CONCERNING COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING
20 REDISTRICTING BY THE BOARD OF
21 APPORTIONMENT.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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25 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 25, Chapter 19, is amended to add an
26 additional section to read as follows:
27 25-19-113. Board of Apportionment communications - Definition.
28 (a) As used in this section, "communication regarding redistricting"
29 means a written communication, electronic communication, or oral
30 communication concerning the apportionment of the state for representatives
31 or otherwise pertaining to the drawing of legislative districts.
32 (b) A communication regarding redistricting by one (1) or more members
33 of the Board of Apportionment or staff of the board:
34 (1) Shall be:
35 (A) Written;
36 (B) Electronic; or
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1 (C) An oral communication recorded at a public meeting
2 under � 25-19-106(d)(1); and
3 (2) Is a public record subject to this chapter.
4 (c) If one (1) or more members of the board or staff of the board
5 receive an oral communication regarding redistricting other than one recorded
6 at a public meeting under � 25-19-106(d)(1), the member of the board or his
7 or her staff shall:
8 (1) Inform the speaker that all communications by one (1) or
9 more members of the board or staff of the board must be:
10 (A) Written;
11 (B) Electronic; or
12 (C) An oral communication recorded at a public meeting
13 under � 25-19-106(d)(1); and
14 (2) Take all reasonable steps to remove himself or herself from
15 the oral communication that is not recorded at a public meeting under � 25-
16 19-106(d)(1).
17 (d) This section does not prohibit discussion regarding the
18 apportionment of the state for representatives at a public meeting of the
19 board.
20 (e) This section shall not be construed to exempt a public record of
21 the board from disclosure under this chapter if the public record would
22 otherwise be deemed to be made open under this chapter.
23 (f) A person who knowingly violates subdivision (b)(1) of this section
24 upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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26 /s/B. King
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