---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A DEFENDANT'S INABILITY TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A DEFENDANT'S INABILITY TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1926"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1926 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Unger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T19:22:04+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:00:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d0716be-37f7-484d-a6e4-ff0b6692d492"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0981f639ea457b3c098f9c3f73f40ae4921bf692e3be74847810f3049a19c29e"
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 1926 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A DEFENDANT'S INABILITY TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 980** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=980.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1926** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1926.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Unger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T19:22:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:13:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T19:10:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T21:02:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:33:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:33:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T15:44:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T21:17:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:17:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:21:04+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:21:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:14:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:00:47+00:00** Notification that HB1926 is now Act 980 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d0716be-37f7-484d-a6e4-ff0b6692d492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).