---
type: "Bill"
title: "ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE ACT; AND TO DISQUALIFY A DRIVER CONVICTED OF A FELONY INVOLVING A SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS."
description: "ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE ACT; AND TO DISQUALIFY A DRIVER CONVICTED OF A FELONY INVOLVING A SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "Arkansas SB 245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:44:20+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T20:09:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a776fe-1cfa-4e26-b3d3-a18b815f8c74"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "78b2b00bb621e7dea47eb000fcd7851e5274dbbf4f7badc62e75979e3c8b8a95"
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 245 (2021) — ACT TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE ACT; AND TO DISQUALIFY A DRIVER CONVICTED OF A FELONY INVOLVING A SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 245** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB245.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:44:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T19:15:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T19:25:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T19:38:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T19:38:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-08T22:31:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-08T22:52:07+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`
- **2021-02-23T22:23:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T20:16:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T20:16:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-24T23:15:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-24T23:16:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-25T19:49:21+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-25T19:49:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-01T20:09:24+00:00** Notification that SB245 is now Act 160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a776fe-1cfa-4e26-b3d3-a18b815f8c74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).