---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE METHOD BY WHICH THE OFFICE OF DRIVER SERVICES MAY PROVIDE REQUIRED NOTICES TO A PERSON WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, DISQUALIFIED, OR REVOKED."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE METHOD BY WHICH THE OFFICE OF DRIVER SERVICES MAY PROVIDE REQUIRED NOTICES TO A PERSON WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, DISQUALIFIED, OR REVOKED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 657"
citation: "Arkansas SB 657 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c264e6ee-ca6f-4981-9d44-a62a14c2cc51"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f5c3f1697aae3e317427e6bebc763cc48c9f1b0f437d964f34c3cbe7bf5ae5fb"
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 SB 657 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE METHOD BY WHICH THE OFFICE OF DRIVER SERVICES MAY PROVIDE REQUIRED NOTICES TO A PERSON WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, DISQUALIFIED, OR REVOKED.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 657** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB657.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-04-08** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-04-08** 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`
- **2019-04-09** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-10** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-04-10** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-11** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Notification that SB657 is now Act 1087 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c264e6ee-ca6f-4981-9d44-a62a14c2cc51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).