---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE FOR THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID SOUTH; AND TO ADDRESS THE INVENTORY OF THE MID-SOUTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE FOR THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID SOUTH; AND TO ADDRESS THE INVENTORY OF THE MID-SOUTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1654 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T15:32:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-08T16:56:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4760af-edf5-4eeb-aeb3-bcb000f80e9a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6449597028ba1b9a6697bed4a70c54c0524a3ca59c825f841d4d08795479dd16"
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 1654 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE FOR THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID SOUTH; AND TO ADDRESS THE INVENTORY OF THE MID-SOUTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 490** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=490.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1654.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T15:32:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T23:30:15+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`
- **2025-03-11T15:58:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-12T18:59:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T21:37:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-12T21:37:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:55:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:53:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:53:42+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T22:51:07+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T22:51:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T15:29:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-08T16:56:05+00:00** Notification that HB1654 is now Act 490 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4760af-edf5-4eeb-aeb3-bcb000f80e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).