---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1012 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a00c71f3-f23f-4c1b-861e-c53ae06b0155"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fe2c4d6f3aefce053b395028bd0f1672eb24efada7c4b7044aac6b6fe7e1edf4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1012 (2019) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1012-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1012** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1012.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-03** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Received from the House.
- **2019-01-31** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-12** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-13** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-02-13** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-14** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2019-02-14** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-14** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-02-18** Notification that HB1012 is now Act 167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a00c71f3-f23f-4c1b-861e-c53ae06b0155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).