---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO CERTIFY TO THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY FOR A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, CERTIFICATE, OR PARKING DECAL FOR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO CERTIFY TO THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY FOR A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, CERTIFICATE, OR PARKING DECAL FOR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1138 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Torres"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15T19:01:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-18T19:24:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f907c68-904b-4c52-bf52-c49f55b6980a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2d0326668bf8590b94c019d18bb7b4f5f61e8c90ff905a6edb85f92e5d568583"
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 1138 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO CERTIFY TO THE OFFICE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY FOR A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE, CERTIFICATE, OR PARKING DECAL FOR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 98** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=98.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1138-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1138.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Torres — primary (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15T19:01:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-15T22:55:37+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T19:19:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T14:30:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-30T14:30:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:05:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-03T20:00:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T21:43:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-03T21:43:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T23:23:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T22:11:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:11:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:10:00+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:11:16+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-13T15:20:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-18T19:24:33+00:00** Notification that HB1138 is now Act 98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f907c68-904b-4c52-bf52-c49f55b6980a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).