An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S LICENSES, the official text

Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.

1 State of Arkansas                         A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                        HOUSE BILL 1913

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5 By: Representatives J. Moore, M. McElroy

6 By: Senators Stone, G. Leding

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8                                For An Act To Be Entitled

9   AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S LICENSES;

10  TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN

11  INTERMEDIATE DRIVER'S LICENSE; AND FOR OTHER

12  PURPOSES.

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16                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S

17                       LICENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW

18                       CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN

19                       INTERMEDIATE DRIVER'S LICENSE.

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21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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23  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 27-16-701(a)(2), concerning the application

24 for a driver's license or instruction permit, is amended to read as follows:

25  (2) The commercial driver's license or noncommercial driver's

26 license shall include the:

27                       (A) An intermediate driver's license issued to persons who

28 are less than eighteen (18) years of age; and the

29                       (B) A learner's license issued to persons who are less

30 than sixteen (16) years of age.

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32  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 27-16-704(b)(7), concerning the examination

33 of an application for a driver's license, is amended to read as follows:

34  (7) In addition, the applicant for a learner's license and an

35 intermediate driver's license shall have the student's applicant's driving

36 record checked to verify that the student applicant has been free of a

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1 serious accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for the last

2 six (6) months and that an applicant with an intermediate driver's license

3 applying for a regular license has been free of a serious accident and

4 conviction of a serious traffic violation for the last twelve (12) months.

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6   SECTION 3. Arkansas Code � 27-16-801(a)(1)(A)(ii), concerning the

7 requirement that the Office of Driver Services issue certain licenses, is

8 amended to read as follows:

9                   (ii) An intermediate Class D license or an

10 intermediate Class M license to each applicant between who is sixteen (16)

11 and eighteen (18) years of age or older, for a period of up to two (2) years,

12 upon payment of twelve dollars ($12.00);

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14  SECTION 4. Arkansas Code � 27-16-804(g)(1)(A), concerning the issuance

15 of intermediate driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows:

16  (g)(1)(A) The Office of Driver Services shall have authority to issue

17 to those persons under eighteen (18) who are at least sixteen (16) years of

18 age a restricted driver's license to be known as an "intermediate driver's

19 license".

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21  SECTION 5. Arkansas Code � 27-16-901(a)(1)(B)(ii), concerning the

22 expiration and renewal of driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows:

23                  (ii) Any person sixteen (16) years of age or older

24 may apply for an intermediate driver's license, provided that his or her

25 driving record is free of a serious accident and conviction of a serious

26 traffic violation for the most recent six-month period.

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28  SECTION 6. Arkansas Code � 27-16-901(a)(1)(C), concerning the

29 expiration and renewal of driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows:

30                  (C)(i) An intermediate driver's license shall be issued

31 for no more than a two-year period and shall expire immediately upon the:

32                             (a) The driver's reaching eighteen (18) years

33 of age, and if:

34                             (1) The intermediate driver has been

35 free of a serious accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for

36 at least twelve (12) months before arriving at his or her eighteenth

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1 birthday; and

2                        (2) The intermediate driver's license

3 was issued to the intermediate driver before his or her eighteenth birthday;

4 or

5                        (b) If the intermediate driver was eighteen

6 (18) years of age or older when his or her intermediate driver's license was

7 issued, the time at which the intermediate driver has been free of a serious

8 accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for at least twelve

9 (12) months.

10                       (ii) An intermediate driver's license may be renewed

11 at that the time of expiration or within thirty (30) days following the

12 expiration date of the intermediate driver's license as a:

13                       (a) A regular driver's license for eight (8)

14 years, so long as the intermediate driver has been free of a serious accident

15 and conviction of a serious traffic violation for at least twelve (12) months

16 before arriving at his or her eighteenth birthday if the conditions stated in

17 subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this section are met; or

18                       (b) An intermediate driver's license for two

19 (2) years if the conditions stated in subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this

20 section are not met.

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