---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE MANDATORY SEAT BELT USE LAW."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE MANDATORY SEAT BELT USE LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Arkansas SB 537 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T19:38:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:16:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afd003cd-8752-4268-92f5-82971c2ce966"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "11701e7088d5994ed5188a1d9a07a5d6d30f680935a3ff49c346386a2eff6ded"
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 537 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE MANDATORY SEAT BELT USE LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 537** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB537.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T19:38:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T21:00:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:24:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T18:43:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T18:43:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-22T21:05:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-22T22:16:27+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`
- **2021-04-13T18:06:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:15:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:15:33+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:11:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:11:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:33:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:33:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:16:42+00:00** Notification that SB537 is now Act 784 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afd003cd-8752-4268-92f5-82971c2ce966`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).