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Arkansas Drivers En Route To Digital License

Sample of Arkansas Driver's License.
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
Sample of Arkansas Driver's License.
Sample of Arkansas Driver's License.
Credit Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
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Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration
Sample of Arkansas Driver's License.

Arkansas drivers may soon have access to a digital driver’s license in addition to a hard copy. The Arkansas Senate advanced a bill on Monday that would create and offer a digital license as an equivalent to the physical license at traffic stops and the like.

Alongside a physical license drivers could pay $10 for a digital copy provided by the Office of Drivers Services.

The legislation now heads to the House. It is sponsored by State Senator Bill Sample (R-Hot Springs) and State Representative Mike Holcomb (R-Pine Bluff). The bill has near universal bi-partisan support.

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Jacob Kauffman is a reporter and anchor for KUAR. He primarily covers the state legislature and politics beat while juggling anchoring Morning Edition Monday through Friday.