---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LAWFUL DISPLAY OF A LICENSE PLATE; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION ALLOWING CERTAIN DEVICES TO OBSCURE A LICENSE PLATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LAWFUL DISPLAY OF A LICENSE PLATE; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION ALLOWING CERTAIN DEVICES TO OBSCURE A LICENSE PLATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 333"
citation: "Arkansas SB 333 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Eads", "McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10T21:30:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:16:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56214a1d-d59c-480a-81ce-9ce994e22e8d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "91645a8b18a9e60d03e0c962647aca3e6d60a11624492651763b860ed55794df"
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 333 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LAWFUL DISPLAY OF A LICENSE PLATE; AND TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION ALLOWING CERTAIN DEVICES TO OBSCURE A LICENSE PLATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB333-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 333** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB333.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **83–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Eads — primary (person)
- McCollum — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Godfrey — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T21:30:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T22:18:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T19:24:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:52:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:52:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:42:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-01T23:10:23+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`
- **2021-03-16T17:56:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T13:31:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T13:31:53+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17T16:12:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T19:50:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:50:23+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:13:04+00:00** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-03-30T18:19:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-30T18:19:55+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-03-30T18:20:08+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-03-30T18:20:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:20:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T17:25:21+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-31T17:25:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T17:16:06+00:00** Notification that SB333 is now Act 538 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56214a1d-d59c-480a-81ce-9ce994e22e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).