---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MILITARY SERVICE AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE REISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MILITARY SERVICE AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE REISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "Arkansas SB 499 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cbcc419-1d38-443c-a438-09c4a73dc377"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "72ebfd89944c848bf13b4a5eb3162792960f7856be70eecc72ee23a942f50114"
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 499 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MILITARY SERVICE AND VETERANS SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE REISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE TO A SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB499-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 499** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB499.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-12** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-12** 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`
- **2019-03-19** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-03-20** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-03-26** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-09** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** Notification that SB499 is now Act 993 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cbcc419-1d38-443c-a438-09c4a73dc377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).