---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "Arkansas SB 542 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "McNair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T14:28:58+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T17:53:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c311c5-7bfc-4c66-9caa-5d08b6475361"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c23070c250fc9b4fc71e0c48b81e6115f4ef2fa051f55af11ae06d9b549756fc"
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 542 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.

## 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%2FSB542-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 542** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB542.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- McNair — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T14:28:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T18:48:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:22:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T20:34:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:35:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T23:00:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:11:50+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`
- **2021-04-06T17:06:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07T18:11:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-07T18:11:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-07T18:29:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-08T19:23:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:23:12+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-08T21:55:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-12T18:28:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-12T18:28:30+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-12T18:28:43+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-12T18:29:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T18:29:35+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T14:46:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-13T14:46:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19T17:53:26+00:00** Notification that SB542 is now Act 739 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c311c5-7bfc-4c66-9caa-5d08b6475361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).