HB 1315 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AUTHORIZE A BLOOD TYPE DESIGNATION TO BE PLACED ON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD.

HB 1315 (now Act 147) allows individuals to voluntarily have their blood type added to their driver's license or state ID card. The bill places responsibility on applicants to ensure the accuracy of this information when submitting it and to request corrections if needed. It does not require blood type to be added, nor does it change how the state handles medical information. The law became effective January 1, 2026, following passage by both legislative chambers in February 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2025

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 147 → HB 1315 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from Act 147 to HB 1315, removing the approval date line and adding blank lines for spacing. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or legislative content alterations were made.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (2/25/25) that was present in the previous Act 147 version

Added blank lines in the header section for formatting purposes

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 25, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1315 is now Act 147

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 12 co-sponsors