---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO PROMOTE THE BUFFALO RIVER AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SEARCY COUNTY."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO PROMOTE THE BUFFALO RIVER AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SEARCY COUNTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 500"
citation: "Arkansas SB 500 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08T22:59:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:32:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6c39d3c-e06c-4adc-93ba-c7e7b39f16da"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "88cb01c10163955a0739f94c7550d5f0033ce61ec4443bcc823a80b6cca36a7b"
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 500 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO PROMOTE THE BUFFALO RIVER AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SEARCY COUNTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 500** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB500.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T22:59:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-08T23:24:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T21:55:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:42:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T18:42:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T21:03:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:14:18+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`
- **2021-03-23T18:09:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:28:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:28:53+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:37:46+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:38:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T17:26:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-31T17:27:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T17:32:15+00:00** Notification that SB500 is now Act 541 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6c39d3c-e06c-4adc-93ba-c7e7b39f16da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).