---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE THAT THE DRIVER’S INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND THE DRIVER’S LICENSE EXAMINATION INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
description: "TO REQUIRE THAT THE DRIVER’S INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND THE DRIVER’S LICENSE EXAMINATION INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Arkansas SB 78 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16T17:06:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-18T21:16:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab42a788-f83c-4a65-ae9c-51aceb52d75a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c0db4e9e485fd1708e2c38ef57010799f5ceaac77d4ee8f847001c7abd85ef16"
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 78 (2025) — TO REQUIRE THAT THE DRIVER’S INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND THE DRIVER’S LICENSE EXAMINATION INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=117.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 78** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB78.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16T17:06:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-16T17:47:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T21:34:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04T19:56:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T19:56:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-04T21:51:08+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-04T22:55:38+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`
- **2025-02-11T16:46:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T20:50:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T20:50:38+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-12T22:35:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-12T22:35:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-13T15:28:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-13T15:28:21+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-18T21:16:22+00:00** Notification that SB78 is now Act 117 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab42a788-f83c-4a65-ae9c-51aceb52d75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).