---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD."
description: "TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1984"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1984 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Hudson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-03T18:35:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:01:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b723e178-fb6b-42db-93fa-781e1f46f18f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4f8c069d6078bfb72c93510c3f929246a9d7301c875730218d395500e5f9c19e"
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 1984 (2025) — TO CREATE A DESIGNATION FOR A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 984** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=984.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1984** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1984.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Hudson — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- J. Scott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-03T18:35:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-04T00:10:25+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`
- **2025-04-08T19:10:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T21:04:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:36:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:36:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T22:26:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T16:38:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T16:38:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:23:47+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:23:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T17:23:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:01:59+00:00** Notification that HB1984 is now Act 984 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b723e178-fb6b-42db-93fa-781e1f46f18f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).