---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN ADDITIONAL FEE BE PAID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN ADDITIONAL FEE BE PAID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Arkansas SB 246 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T18:46:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T17:56:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f56a1986-51bd-4d6f-8994-af0a858d84cb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7bd0a04cacbd96def217964bc22ad5d368cecedc3fc4e34e0b40ccd81b449f56"
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 246 (2021) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT AN ADDITIONAL FEE BE PAID FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 246** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB246.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01T18:46:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T19:15:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T19:25:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T19:42:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T19:43:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-08T22:31:42+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-08T22:52:23+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`
- **2021-03-09T18:31:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T20:42:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T21:57:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-10T21:57:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-11T16:44:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-11T16:44:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15T17:56:02+00:00** Notification that SB246 is now Act 328 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f56a1986-51bd-4d6f-8994-af0a858d84cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).