---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REMOVE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SALESPERSON AND A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SALESPERSON; AND TO CREATE THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIST EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM AND FUND."
description: "TO REMOVE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SALESPERSON AND A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SALESPERSON; AND TO CREATE THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIST EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM AND FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1355"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1355 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:04:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:06:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a745558-b8e6-40ef-8878-88670280eace"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b01d5bab9a495c1922b5a580ab4baa609eecd519b795f0404adda9604bffeb83"
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 1355 (2021) — TO REMOVE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SALESPERSON AND A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SALESPERSON; AND TO CREATE THE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIST EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM AND FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1355-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1355** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1355.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:04:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T21:50:52+00:00** 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`
- **2021-02-04T22:43:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T19:37:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T21:31:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-08T21:31:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:39:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:22:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T18:23:09+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-17T20:49:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T21:09:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T21:10:17+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-18T23:47:40+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-18T23:48:02+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:09:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:13:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-03-29T18:13:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T14:01:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:06:54+00:00** Notification that HB1355 is now Act 504 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a745558-b8e6-40ef-8878-88670280eace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).