---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS AND TO PROTECT DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS AND TO PROTECT DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Arkansas SB 498 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "N. Burkes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T14:40:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:33:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d4c6899-8bda-4582-b387-33c156773c26"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5dd891be532acc5ea2b64bf89f96a48ad81679c2f3734f58504137aae3fde3cd"
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 498 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE OF DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS AND TO PROTECT DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORDS FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=581.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 498** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB498.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- N. Burkes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T14:40:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T18:52:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:54:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:10:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:10:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:45:41+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:49:02+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`
- **2025-04-03T18:21:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T02:14:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:15:02+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:16:55+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:16:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:12:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:12:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:33:35+00:00** Notification that SB498 is now Act 581 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d4c6899-8bda-4582-b387-33c156773c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).