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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1569: TO CREATE THE SECURE ROADS AND SAFE TRUCKING ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS; TO CREATE PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED WHILE OPERATING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1569 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE THE SECURE ROADS AND SAFE TRUCKING ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS; TO CREATE PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED WHILE OPERATING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Primary sponsor: John Payton (Republican), Wayne Long (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John PaytonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Wayne LongPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse39

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
  2. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  3. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  4. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  5. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE
  6. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source