Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 540 — TO LIMIT THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IMPOSITION OF RESTRICTIONS ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OF A PERSON WHO HAS SUFFERED A SEIZURE.

Last action — Notification that SB540 is now Act 702

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 18, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    2 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 540, a specific reference to "Act 702 of the Regular Session" has been removed, and a new line has been added regarding its approval date, which is April 16, 2025. This change simplifies the bill by eliminating outdated references, making it clearer and more focused on current laws. It matters because it helps ensure that the legislation is easy to understand and aligns with the most relevant legal context.

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Act 702 of the Regular Session State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
State of Arkansas As Engrossed:
Johnson APPROVED:
Johnson 2 03-31-2025 09:47:32 ZRC102
4/16/25 2 03-31-2025 09:47:32 ZRC102
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that SB540 is now Act 702

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

  7. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  11. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  12. Read the third time and passed.

  13. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  14. Re-referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  16. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

  17. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

  18. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE

  19. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 135 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (135)

135 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety transportation
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 540?
SB 540 is sponsored by Tony Furman, Denise Jones Ennett, and Mark Johnson.
What is the current status of SB 540?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 20, 2025. Enacted.
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