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HB2001
Act 932
· 6 mentions in agenda, transcript, chapter
Matched: “…HB1993 Nazarenko TO PREVENT MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FRAUD. HB2001 Painter TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM A…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND … | Painter | Notification that HB2001 is now Act 932 |
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HB1897
· 4 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…HB 2001 is a compromise, and I will tell you, since running House Bill 1897, I'm not an expert, but I feel like I could start my own to…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND … | Painter | Recommended for study in the Interim by the … |
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HB1993
· 4 mentions in agenda, transcript, chapter
Matched: “…ux Rep. Trey Steimel REGULAR AGENDA Number Sponsor Subtitle HB1993 Nazarenko TO PREVENT MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FRAUD. HB2001…”
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TO PREVENT MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FRAUD. | Nazarenko | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB478
Act 738
· 4 mentions in agenda, chapter, transcript
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 04/08/25 @ 9:00 PM) Added SB478 House Committee on Public Transportation Wednesday, April 9…”
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TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DIESEL ENGINE FREEDOM ACT OF 2025; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE ENFORCEMENT … | G. Stubblefield | Notification that SB478 is now Act 738 |
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HB1284
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1284 Unger TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCAT…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR … | Unger | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1371
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1371 Wardlaw TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF A H…”
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TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COURSE FOR THE … | Wardlaw | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1623
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “HB1623 J. Moore TO EXEMPT H-2A VISA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE…”
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TO EXEMPT H-2A VISA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE A VALID INTERNATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT … | J. Moore | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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HB1989
· 2 mentions in agenda, chapter
Matched: “…ERNING THE ACCESS OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES TO UNPAVED ROADS. HB1989 Cavenaugh TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING USED MOTOR VEHICLES B…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING USED MOTOR VEHICLES BUYERS PROTECTION; AND TO AMEND THE LAW … | Cavenaugh | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB261
· 2 mentions in chapter, agenda
Matched: “SB261 A. Clark TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF AN AL…”
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON CERTAIN ROADS; AND … | A. Clark | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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Matthew Ross
Unverified
0:00
We'll call the meeting to order. First on the agenda, House Bill 1993, Representative Nazarenko, if you will. Please introduce yourself. You may proceed. Thank you, Mr.
Representative Jason Nazarenko
Unverified
0:14
Chair and committee. Jason Nazarenko, House District 4. I present to you today House Bill 1993. It's a bill, when you read it, you may think that it's common sense, and I would as well. But I'll tell you that this is happening right now in Arkansas. I sent you pictures this morning of two vehicles which could help you understand the language in this bill.
For a short description, Vehicle 1 was rear-ended by Vehicle 2 when coming to a stoplight around Pickles Gap. Rear Vehicle 1 was damaged as it was struck by Vehicle 2. On the front end was damaged so bad that the radiator was broken and it was leaking, making that car undrivable from a seam. Driver of vehicle two claimed that they were struck by a third vehicle, which was then pushed their vehicle into the first. However, as you saw in the pictures, there was zero damage to that second vehicle. Those pictures were given to the farmer's insurance adjuster, who then denied any claim and put all the blame on the third vehicle that could not be proven to exist, especially with the pictures that were proven to them.
this was actually identified as this is how I identified it as insurance fraud and in a way and putting that blame could be pushed off on that fictitious vehicle reducing the insurance claim amount incurred to the actual vehicle causing the accident as I said this is a common sense bill right now I'm in talks with with farmers insurance about the specific incident because as because of our schedule that we have left and the time that I know we're kind of running out of right now, I would like to move this to an interim study
so that we can reduce or eliminate insurance fraud here in our state. With that, Mr. Chairman, I do thank you and the
committee for your time for hearing me this morning on 1993. Okay, so you're pulling it down for interim
Matthew Ross
Unverified
2:11
study? Yes, sir. All right, thank you then. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay, thank you. Next on the agenda, House Bill 2001, Representative Painter, if you will introduce yourself. Any witnesses you might have, and we'll proceed.
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
2:22
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Representative Stetson Painter, District 3, Baxter and Fulton counties. Committee members, HB 2001 is a compromise, and I will tell you, since running House Bill 1897, I'm not an expert, but I feel like I could start my own towing service after all the calls and emails and everything else about 1897. But after talking with Trucking Association, the governor's office, and towers, we came to an agreement that we all may not like, but it's there to get something started.
And the three things that it does, it reconstructs the board, keeps a 20% cap on cargo, 5% on personal vehicles, and then the last thing it does on the invoice, it says how to file a complaint. That's it. I have given my word to the governor's office, to the trucking association, to the towers that if we get this done, let's sit down and work on a new comprehensive bill that address the concerns that each party has let's get the new board in and let's work together
that's all this bill does i'd be glad
Matthew Ross
Unverified
3:47
to take any questions questions from committee seeing none uh we have some testimony for and against we'll jim i'm gonna ask you to be is as thorough and as brief as you can at the same time so first of all we'll just go down the list Speaking for the bill, Tim Moody. Mr. Moody, if you will approach, identify yourself, who you're with, and you may proceed.
Speaker 15
4:19
We thank you, guys. My name's Tim Moody. I'm with Jay Hook Towing and Recovery out of North Little Rock. And I'm only speaking on behalf of Jay Hook Towing. I'm totally for this bill. I think it's a great idea. There needs to be some changes done. I'm totally for it, and I'd like to see you guys get it passed. You know, there's something else I want to say, that we have some bigger fish to fry. We need to start thinking about, like, I've got it right here.
We need to try to provide safety for our dedicated tours on the side of the road and their families that's very very important uh the five percent on on letting personal property out that's just pennies uh the the 20 of the cargo i mean i truly understand it it is what it is i'm gonna i'm gonna be for it uh other other than that i think everything's good with me
personally and jay hook towing well let's make this thing happen we appreciate you
guys Thank you, Mr. Moody. Any questions from Mr. Moody? Thank you. Your concerns will be addressed, as Representative
Speaker 15
5:37
Painter said. We'll try to work at it. Yeah, and just one other thing. He's been very honest and straightforward. I thank the world
Matthew Ross
Unverified
5:44
of this guy right here. Okay, thank you. All right, speaking against the bill, Tracy Steeves-Otto Center. Tracy, I cannot read your last name, if you will.
When you get here, introduce yourself, and you may proceed. good
Tracy Gaffner
Unverified
6:05
morning my name is tracy gaffner and i am the owner of steve's auto center in conway arkansas and i
Speaker 22
6:12
am here to speak against this bill i do feel like that this bill is a condensed version of a bill that has already been voted on and passed out of this committee house bill 1897
1897 addressed many issues that we are we are currently having expenses that we have as towers I've worked for several years with the towing and recovery board to with a with bills that have been passed in in the past and have gone into law that have to do with the lost auto and having a website for one where everybody where lien holders owners can go to find their vehicles this was passed
several sessions ago the website was but we're not utilizing it to the maximum capacity because we continue to have the newspaper ads that are required for 45-day and 10-day sale notices currently all towers are required to pay a fee to list their vehicles on lost auto and then also pay a fee to the local newspaper newspapers have gone up people are not subscribing to local newspapers the way they were several years ago six ten years ago so the the people who are
actually seeing those are not out looking for their cars lost auto is a resource that was taken out of 2001 that would be beneficial to the state of Arkansas and I did some financial my background is accounting I did some analysis of what I spent in 2004 and in 2004 I spent $3,600 with the newspaper that could have been avoided if we were 100% using lost auto.
This was, as I said, this was taken out of this bill. It was in the bill you voted for on April 3rd. Part of that was that in that process, I sent out letters on 186 vehicles in 2004 that were processed between the third and eighth business day. If those letters, if we, instead of doing the letters, if we would have been able to use lost auto,
I would have only spent $744. If you take into consideration that there are almost 700 tow companies in the state of Arkansas, and I'm in Conway, Arkansas, and I share the market with five other record services in Conway, 700 record services in the state the state could generate over five hundred and twenty thousand dollars in revenue annually by using lost auto versus using the newspaper ads i feel like this
is a key thing that we have tried to fight for for for several sessions to get do away with the newspapers and to utilize lost auto in a manner that it was initially set up for and the state has spent the money to create the website and the data the data service that's there we also are seeing that in the original bill that came through 1897 that predatory towing has
become a major issue in this state it was discussed in your meeting last week i've heard horror stories of individuals parking the vehicle in parking lots to carpool back and forth to little rock from conway and then they come back to find their only vehicle has been towed away and they can't find it they contact the businesses where they've towed the vehicles they state that they didn't have the vehicle towed they contact the local police departments sheriff's office wherever the situation is where they've parked they can't find they're being told that the
vehicle hasn't been logged with them as being towed then they find out when they finally locate their vehicle that they have a bill of upwards of a thousand to two thousand dollars this is a problem these record services are doing this and not following proper procedures and it's affecting the citizens of our state house bill 1897 has wording in it that would stop this type of predatory towing from happening house bill 2001 if passed it does not have that language
you're you passed 1897 11 to 2 there was something in that bill that y'all liked that this committee liked but now senator painter has decided to take this language out of this bill as a compromise the compromise is allowing the predatory towing to continue to exist i have no problem with the five percent of somebody getting their property as long as they can guarantee that we're going to end up getting payment of our bill i spoke with six record
services over the past few couple of days locally from jesseville searcy little rock conway grant county and they all say that their average tow bill for the tow to go out and work at work an accident for local lawn enforcement either they're contracted or the rates that they have on file with the state police is around 175 dollars per vehicle with 50 per day storage all of that is in
line with what the tow board says is fair pricing somebody comes in they want to clean their personal property out today myself and several other record services that I deal with they don't charge anything as long as the property owner of the vehicle owner can give them a claim number from their insurance some sort of guarantee that they know that they are going to be paid I don't have a problem with the cargo. I may work one truck wreck a week. I watched the committee meeting. I
was absolutely flabbergasted at the dollar amounts of the tow bills that were discussed in this committee meeting on the third. I've been in business for over 20 years, and I have never billed a heavy truck wreck out that was more than $27,000 in 25 years. And we've worked some pretty extensive ones semi-trucks rolled over on the side of the road loaded down with bananas semi-truck the latest one we had it had eggs in it cartons of eggs you can only imagine the eggs
were destroyed in an accident and that that tow bill was 15 15 000 plus tax that was it we're not out trying to rape people and i i do not feel like that the majority of the towers in the state of arkansas that they are we do have a few bad apples and house bill 1897 would take care of those bad apples i appreciate that the legislature is trying to put rules in there but i think 2001 leaves a
Speaker 24
13:38
lot out that could potentially help the citizens of arkansas thank you ma'am
any questions from committee. Seeing none, you're excused. Thank
you for your testimony. Next, speaking against the bill, Max Polk. Mr. Polk, we will identify yourself. You
may proceed. yes my name is
Max Pope
Unverified
14:12
max pope max is towing and record service in grant county arkansas i'm on my 41st
year there in business the house bill 2001 reading it and reading 1897 there's some similarities but the differences are they get me is the lost auto deal in my years i'll have somebody call me one day and want to know where their vehicle is and i tell them i don't have it for example and they don't know where to find the vehicle if lost auto is managed and done right and get to where it's posted out there through the state of arkansas and some advertisement it's going to be a it would
be a tool to where it could help people find their vehicles you immediately put it on lost auto you can tell that customer they call me when I tell them I don't know instead of don't know I can say look at a lost auto and if I don't do that and they keep looking for it they struggle to find it storage is going up wherever it's at whatever the price is going up so they're accumulating charges trying to find their vehicle as the local paper our local paper I don't know it has gone way down everybody nobody reads the paper i don't think no more with all the social media stuff on
cell phones so they're not finding it you know in the paper and by the time i put it in a paper and it comes out and they did find it is several days i do recommend people to call the sheriff's office but i don't know if the sheriff towed it the city towed it state towed it so 2001 is doing away with a lost auto i think that's a disadvantage i the cargo deal i there's not a big record service in grant county there's in my 41 years has been a couple tried to survive there's not
enough business actually november the 29th of 2024 a record service closed in grant county in my 41 years that's 29 companies or individuals i've seen go in business and close because of the money that's to be made there grant county's small there's a lot of small counties in arkansas all. I'm afraid that 5% deal is going to hurt some people unless we have a guarantee you're going to get paid for the car. I got rid of 30 the other day that they weren't worth nothing. I didn't get
basically nothing out of them. I lost money on them. If they had cargo in them, it had cargo in them, and I could have collected something, at least some part of the record bill, it would have helped me. But that's the reason I noticed a lot of, it seems like talking to the other people it's been in business gone out they told so many it's non-profit if we give away this the cargo without some kind of guarantee and even as I told somebody once the guaranteed of insurance I've seen that fail because I've had insurance send me an email saying yes this car is insured we will
pay the record bill when it come time to pick it up and pay it all we didn't know the driver was excluded from the policy so we don't have to pay so that email of security I had was null and void i lost the money so the i'm totally against the way 2001 is rode up 1897 that everybody's like you know seem to be in favor of seems to work you know a lot better than the 2001 and uh i thank y'all for y'all's
Matthew Ross
Unverified
17:32
time okay miss miss any question from committee mr polk how many how many uh
tours are there in grant county that you know
Max Pope
Unverified
17:39
of there's a second one came into town recently they don't tow for the state i'm not sure why they tow for the city and the county i am the only wrecker service towing for the state in grant county and there's not enough business i mean i've been doing long enough there's not only reason i survive is i have a garage and a body shop and i do that type of work i can't you can't make a living in grant county on a wrecker and i feel like there's other counties i mean flasky county's
Speaker 30
18:03
big faulkner county there's a lot of big counties but there's a lot of small counties out there sir i appreciate your testimony i know
that grant county is growing so fast y'all can't build house over there so maybe that'll help your problem all right yes sir
Matthew Ross
Unverified
18:20
for your testimony thank you sir okay next speaking for the bill uh mr ross uh with i believe that's pro towing if you will when
you approach the bench would you identify yourself you may proceed yes thank
Speaker 38
18:39
you committee for giving me the time today My name is Matthew Ross. I'm the owner of Pro Towing and Recovery in Conway.
I've also been on the Towing and Recovery Board for a period of over 10 years. I sit on a national council, the Open Highways Commission. And I can tell you that predatory towing is a nationwide problem. I testified in front of the Department of Transportation six months ago on this issue. I'm here today, spoken to the two major trade agencies in the state, the Foundation for Responsible Towing, and the PTRAA. I've spoke to representatives from both of them.
They both voice their enthusiastic support for this bill. We have deep appreciation for Representative Painter. If he will not come to his senses and joins the wrecker industry, we'll help him. We'd love to have him. We'd try to talk him out of it maybe beforehand, but if he insists, we'll take him. This bill is a foundation. we have been here in these halls before and we have heard from our representatives that we want compromise this bill is the foundation for that compromise hundreds of towers dozens of companies
now stand ready to work with the trucking agencies the police agencies and the people involved in legislation to create a path forward so that we can get comprehensive solutions to predatory towing in the state of Arkansas, and we can fix some issues that were even addressed by the folks who spoke in against this bill today. We are grateful for this opportunity. As a measure of good faith, preemptively, we sent out a call to start to collect data about pricing in the state,
And I'll tell you that between the two agencies, we've collected over 1,800 pieces of data on pricing for towers in the state of Arkansas. We are happy to continue on that path of information and data collection, and we are happy to share that with Representative Painter and whoever else is at the table as we move forward in good faith, looking for meaningful results for the citizens and the companies of the great state of Arkansas. Appreciate a
Matthew Ross
Unverified
20:56
good vote. Thank you. hang on any question for committee can i ask you a question just uh yes sir i had a constituent
contact me day before yesterday i'm not going to name the towing company i'm just going to say are you familiar with where rising arkansas is yes sir and in little rock of course let me ask you if this is a fair a fair fee you you being on the towing board you would know this yes sir I'll give you my opinion. Toe hook fee, $150. En route miles, which they're showing 75 at 350, which would be 260, 250. Loaded miles, which they're showing 77 instead of 75.
450 a mile, which is 346.50. Labor, $100 taxes. amount of $970, excuse me, $942.75 for picking up a normal car in Little Rock and taking it to rising. Is that a fair price? Under the circumstances that you described, that seems to me
Speaker 38
21:54
to be high. Now, I have found, again, in 10 years on the board, looking at these complaints, the devil, as always, lies in the details. And we live in a world where the contextual situation
can massively swing it from one to the other but if you're asking me if I'm surprised that there are people out there that are charging those sort of rates for simple and basic toes I would tell you no I would tell you also that the board has done in my opinion a fabulous job about not only penalizing the people who have come before us but also issuing restitution to the people who
Matthew Ross
Unverified
22:31
have been wrong I'm aware that the board has done that I know you you only address with so many complaints you don't see them all but i know of some that you have uh y'all have uh reprimanded
so any any other questions seeing none thank you for your testimony uh next speaking for the bill uh shannon everett uh mr everett if you will
Speaker 43
23:01
if you will introduce yourself you may proceed yeah
Speaker 44
23:07
good morning mr chairman members of the committee i'm shannon everett with american truckers united i want to talk about a growing
problem on arkansas's highways one that's hitting not only the towing industry but the trucking industry as well. And it's the rise of uninsured foreign commercial truckers. And it's time that we address this issue instead of piling more rules on those trying to clean up the mess on our highways. First, let's look at the numbers. Arkansas's highways are seeing more and more crashes involving these uninsured foreign truck drivers. Why? Many lack the proper training, vetting, oversight, or accountability that American drivers face. When they crash, and they do, there's no insurance usually to cover the damages that are caused. That means wreck vehicles,
total trailers massive write-offs that no one pays for the towing industry has stepped in they haul away the wreckage but too often they're left holding the bill on these write-offs these are small businesses family-run outfits in many cases and they can't absorb those losses and so this isn't just about money the flood of uninsured drivers has forced towing companies to take unusual actions to survive some of them have you know raised their prices some of them we've heard of holding collateral or holding equipment and so we believe that they're doing these things to accommodate what they're seeing in the industry.
This isn't them targeting American trucking companies. It's a response to the chaos that we're seeing because we've allowed all of these unvetted foreign truck drivers on our highways. American truckers are already dealing with tight margins and rising costs, and now we are facing higher towing fees and delays as a symptom, I guess, of the issues that are being caused by this. The instinct might be to crack down on towing companies with more regulations and more oversight, but the real fix isn't more rules for the towers it's getting the all of these uninsured foreign
truckers off of our highways we need stronger enforcement at the borders and ports of entry we need our law enforcement officers enforcing the law we need to verify that all these trucks have insurance check their credentials and this isn't about protectionism it's about fairness and safety our towing industry our towing industry just like our truckers are drowning in this flood of illegal, unregulated, unvetted foreign truck drivers. And so remove the non-citizen truck drivers, and we'll see fewer crashes, we'll see fewer write-offs, and you won't have a conflict between the towing industry and the trucking industry.
And so I'm here to speak for this bill. I think it's a good compromise between the two, but I
think it's not addressing the root problem. Thank you, Mr. Herbert. Any questions for Mr. Herbert? I see none. Thank you for your testimony. Representative Painter
Representative Stetson Painter
Unverified
25:47
if you'd like to close Thank you, mr. Chair, thank you committee again, it's a start
It's not perfect But it's a start and I have given the industry the players in the industry my word to after this bills is five as signed into law We get the new board in there. Let's get to work. Let's address the foreign driver issue Let's address the lighting issue on tow trucks that maybe gives our towers a little more safety Let's address the non-consent the high prices the non-consent towing and the consent towing issues But let's get this compromise going and that gives the pathway to do that
And I do want to say I think there was an issue somebody talked about not guaranteeing a payment Section 4 of this bill, lines 19 through 25, says if they give the 20% of the 5, they still have to show and provide financial responsibility for the other 80% or the 95. That's in there. That's the detail. So I'd ask the committee a good vote for this.
That way we can get to work on the real issues in the industry, and that way when we come back next legislative session at the beginning of that, we would have two years to work on a good bill that can address a lot of the issues that are hurting this industry, hurting our consumers, hurting the truckers. We can all be on board. I'd appreciate a good vote. Thank you. Representative Peer, are you recognized? I'd like to
make a motion to pass. Hold it. I'll try you again. Hit it again.
Motion to pass at the proper time. Okay. I have a motion to
Matthew Ross
Unverified
27:40
pass. Is there any discussion from committee? Seeing none. All in favor of the passage of the bill, say aye. Aye. Any opposed, same likes, aye. And hearing none, congratulations, your bill passes. Thank you. Committee, we have one more bill on the agenda. uh house senate bill 478 uh representative hall is going to run that for senator stubblefield
Representative Brad Hall
Unverified
28:04
you will introduce yourself you may proceed thank you mr chair committee
uh brad hall state representative of district 24 i bring before you today senate bill 478 and uh what this uh bill pertains to uh is that you will no longer have to use def fluid in the state of arkansas so let me give you a little background
history of it uh in 2008 it was mandated that diesel exhaust fluid uh that is used in diesel equipment would have to be used across the country this affects tractors construction equipment and trucks this bill has the ability to bring in new manufacturing plants for death-free engines this bill only allows for death-free engines to be used inside the state of arkansas farmers and ranchers construction groups are all for it if you want to you can still use
death fluid you know in all your vehicles or your tractors or whatever you want to use
uh i personally as a cattle rancher it seems like every time i have something going on the tractor will read that it's out of death fluid and i can't finish you know bailing hay or feeding cows or something like that or you know on the dozer something will come out you know and you're a million miles away from somewhere to go purchase more death fluid uh
and the cherry on top of this
is is oklahoma and texas are currently uh running the same bill and uh we could
be the first state to to pass it so we could beat them so okay
Speaker 57
29:50
uh representative hall uh depth fuel now i know that i've
Matthew Ross
Unverified
29:55
i've had vehicles that i had to use depth for my first one i'd put diesel fuel in the back of my truck then i have to go raise the hood and then i'd have to pull over to the depth field which was a small holes to go in now since then of course i'm i'm
speaking of what general motors have done since then they've improved that and they've moved the depth fuel tank back with your big tank on the side yes but uh i'm not sure some of the committee may know what depth fuel is it's some kind of something to do
Representative Brad Hall
Unverified
30:29
with emissions what it is yeah sorry it's it's a urea is what it is and it's just water and urea and it mixes with the exhaust fluid and the mechanism that makes it work a lot of times goes out on equipment because it's very
corrosive and it eats it up and it eats up your
Matthew Ross
Unverified
30:49
engines also well i noticed when i get my depth fuel that there's a real smell and white stuff's all over where you're standing it's on the side of your truck
Representative Brad Hall
Unverified
30:58
that kind of stuff so it's you've been there yeah it's
same thing actually it's the same thing as cattle you're in yeah oh wow there you go well thank you that's good for my shoes so any any questions from committee i see nine and i
Speaker 66
31:24
have excuse me representative Here you go.
Representative David Whitaker
Unverified
31:27
I can hear him. Yeah, go ahead. Yeah. I just want to be, make sure it's on the record. Uh, my only concern and thanks for bringing this, uh, uh, has, have you sought an opinion or do you know of anyone who has mentioned any comments?
complications this could create for our federal transportation dollars uh no
Representative Brad Hall
Unverified
31:45
none that i know of like i said this is not you you can't take
your truck and go to to oklahoma missouri you can't take your bulldozer and and go do a job in in oklahoma or missouri you know if you if you have this deleted this is only for the state of arkansas and that's and that's good with usdot as far as
Representative David Whitaker
Unverified
32:04
i as far as i know all right because i don't want to get in a situation where six months from now we get a letter that our highway funding has been suspended yes no i get it's my
Representative Brad Hall
Unverified
32:16
concern yeah thank you it's passed all the senate and everything so yeah not saying well that's not too reassuring i
Speaker 37
32:28
shouldn't have said that over yeah um just just carrying on any any other
questions for committee i see no one here to speak for or against the bill representative hall would you like to close i'd like to close and make a motion do pass have a motion do pass we're open for discussion any discussion all right seeing none all in favor say aye
any opposed same like sign the ayes have it congratulations your bill passes thank you committee committee
Matthew Ross
Unverified
32:57
i'm not sure whether we will meet again or not we might have to meet more one more time uh i'm not sure it and we don't have a full committee in here but i want to thank our staff uh for what they've done for us and of course everyone knows jessica whittaker and uh marissa where's marissa at she's sitting some she's over in the back she's usually where you
can see her we have uh in case we don't meet again we want to tell you how much that we do appreciate you uh we've also miss brown has a little something she's going to give you all if we don't see you again and if you will guys let's give them a hand for their hard work i appreciate it all right we stand adjourned oh and we just look on your uh your email or your phones if there is another meeting of this bit called this year we stand adjourned thank you yes ma'am
Agenda
REGULAR AGENDA
HB1993 Nazarenko TO PREVENT MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE FRAUD.
HB2001 Painter TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
SB478 G. Stubblefield TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DIESEL ENGINE FREEDOM ACT OF 2025; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL REGULATION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF DIESEL ENGINES.
DEFERRED BILLS
HB1284 Unger TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A RESTRICTED DRIVER'S PERMIT.
HB1371 Wardlaw TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLETION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COURSE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE.
HB1623 J. Moore TO EXEMPT H-2A VISA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE A VALID INTERNATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERMIT FROM THE SKILLS PORTION OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE EXAMINATION.
SB261 A. Clark TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON CERTAIN ROADS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ACCESS OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES TO UNPAVED ROADS.
HB1989 Cavenaugh TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING USED MOTOR VEHICLES BUYERS PROTECTION; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER'S LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESS.
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
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| Agenda — PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE, Apr 9, 2025 | Agenda | 1 | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Matthew Ross
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Representative Jason Nazarenko
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Representative Stetson Painter
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Representative Mike Holcomb Chair
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Speaker 15
Tracy Gaffner
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Speaker 22
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Max Pope
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Speaker 30
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Representative Brad Hall
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Speaker 57
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Representative David Whitaker
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Speaker 37