---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF MILITARY AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF MILITARY AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1406"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1406 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Speaks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T20:02:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-10T19:16:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/318c501e-b511-40a6-9732-1d26f7e1a585"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "591b09117e928f101b93ef1f7f902d649da57e4b5982a73e6e4ba6a962a00efd"
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 1406 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LIMITATIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF MILITARY AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1406** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1406.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Speaks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T20:02:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:57:40+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`
- **2021-02-09T20:46:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T20:05:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T21:46:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-10T21:46:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T19:13:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08T20:13:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T20:13:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-08T21:53:02+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-08T21:53:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-08T22:19:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-10T19:16:35+00:00** Notification that HB1406 is now Act 318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/318c501e-b511-40a6-9732-1d26f7e1a585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).