Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
Act 928 of the Regular Session
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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1913 3
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By: Representatives J. Moore, M. McElroy 5
By: Senators Stone, G. Leding 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S LICENSES; 9
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN 10
INTERMEDIATE DRIVER'S LICENSE; AND FOR OTHER 11
PURPOSES. 12
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Subtitle 15
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DRIVER'S 16
LICENSES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW 17
CONCERNING THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR AN 18
INTERMEDIATE DRIVER'S LICENSE. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-701(a)(2), concerning the application 23
for a driver's license or instruction permit, is amended to read as follows: 24
(2) The commercial driver's license or noncommercial driver's 25
license shall include the: 26
(A) An intermediate driver's license issued to persons who 27
are less than eighteen (18) years of age ; and the 28
(B) A learner's license issued to persons who are less 29
than sixteen (16) years of age. 30
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SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-704(b)(7), concerning the examination 32
of an application for a driver's license, is amended to read as follows: 33
(7) In addition, the applicant for a learner's license and an 34
intermediate driver's license shall have the student's applicant's driving 35
record checked to verify that the student applicant has been free of a 36 HB1913
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serious accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for the last 1
six (6) months and that an applicant with an intermediate driver's license 2
applying for a regular license has been free of a serious accident and 3
conviction of a serious traffic violation for the last twelve (12) months. 4
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SECTION 3. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-801(a)(1)(A)(ii), concerning the 6
requirement that the Office of Driver Services issue certain licenses, is 7
amended to read as follows: 8
(ii) An intermediate Class D license or an 9
intermediate Class M license to each applicant between who is sixteen (16) 10
and eighteen (18) years of age or older, for a period of up to two (2) years, 11
upon payment of twelve dollars ($12.00); 12
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SECTION 4. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-804(g)(1)(A), concerning the issuance 14
of intermediate driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows: 15
(g)(1)(A) The Office of Driver Services shall have authority to issue 16
to those persons under eighteen (18) who are at least sixteen (16) years of 17
age a restricted driver's license to be known as an “intermediate driver's 18
license”. 19
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SECTION 5. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-901(a)(1)(B)(ii), concerning the 21
expiration and renewal of driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows: 22
(ii) Any person sixteen (16) years of age or older 23
may apply for an intermediate driver's license, provided that his or her 24
driving record is free of a serious accident and conviction of a serious 25
traffic violation for the most recent six -month period. 26
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SECTION 6. Arkansas Code § 27 -16-901(a)(1)(C), concerning the 28
expiration and renewal of driver's licenses, is amended to read as follows: 29
(C)(i) An intermediate driver's license shall be issued 30
for no more than a two -year period and shall expire immediately upon the: 31
(a) The driver's reaching eighteen (18) years 32
of age, and if: 33
(1) The intermediate driver has been 34
free of a serious accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for 35
at least twelve (12) months before arriving at his or her eighteenth 36 HB1913
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birthday; and 1
(2) The intermediate driver's license 2
was issued to the intermediate driver before his or her eighteenth birthday; 3
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(b) If the intermediate driver was eighteen 5
(18) years of age or older when his or her intermediate driver's license was 6
issued, the time at which the intermediate driver has been free of a serious 7
accident and conviction of a serious traffic violation for at least twelve 8
(12) months. 9
(ii) An intermediate driver's license may be renewed 10
at that the time of expiration or within thirty (30) days following the 11
expiration date of the intermediate driver's license as a: 12
(a) A regular driver's license for eight (8) 13
years, so long as the intermediate driver has been free of a serious accident 14
and conviction of a serious traffic violation for at least twelve (12) months 15
before arriving at his or her eighteenth birthday if the conditions stated in 16
subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this section are met; or 17
(b) An intermediate driver's license for two 18
(2) years if the conditions stated in subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this 19
section are not met. 20
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APPROVED: 4/21/25 23
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