---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF AND APPLICATION FOR A DIGITIZED DRIVER'S LICENSE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF AND APPLICATION FOR A DIGITIZED DRIVER'S LICENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1244 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25T16:50:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:43:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b236a6d9-f641-41ec-9d06-faeb03ac7cde"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2042ce862e4850cf3a12b498085463d3f42e44c0663e42ba7187423be71a5fd2"
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 HB 1244 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF AND APPLICATION FOR A DIGITIZED DRIVER'S LICENSE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=261.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1244-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1244-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1244-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1244.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Achor — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T16:50:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T20:06:01+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`
- **2023-02-15T14:35:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T14:35:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15T16:34:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T17:33:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T14:28:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:28:28+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:41:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-21T20:07:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T22:09:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:10:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:34:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:37:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T19:37:40+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T20:43:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T20:46:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:47:08+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-01T21:19:34+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-01T21:19:44+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T17:59:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T19:53:07+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-08T19:53:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:37:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:43:07+00:00** Notification that HB1244 is now Act 261 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b236a6d9-f641-41ec-9d06-faeb03ac7cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).