Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1796 — TO REQUIRE THE DISPLAY OF GENDER INFORMATION ON AN ARKANSAS DRIVER’S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

Last action — Notification that HB1796 is now Act 711

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 16, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 1796 has been updated to remove a reference to Act 711 from a previous session. This change means that the provisions of Act 711 are no longer part of this bill. It's important because it clarifies the current legal framework and ensures that only relevant laws are considered moving forward.

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Act 711 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1796 5 By:
State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1796 5 By:
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4 03/14/2025 1:37:32 PM MBM092
4/16/25 4 03/14/2025 1:37:32 PM MBM092
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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1796 is now Act 711

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

  6. Read the third time and passed.

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

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

  9. Received from the House.

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

  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

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

  13. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (136)

136 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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1796?
HB 1796 is sponsored by Blake Johnson and Howard M. Beaty, Jr..
What is the current status of HB 1796?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2025. Enacted.
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