All Roll Calls
Yes: 133 • No: 0
ArkansasSB4962025 Regular SessionSenate
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PERMITS FOR SPECIAL CARGOES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR SPECIAL CARGO TRANSPORTED BY A FARM MACHINERY EQUIPMENT HAULER.
Sponsored By: Ronald Caldwell (Republican), Steve Hollowell (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Annual permits let farm haulers carry wider loads
Outside exempt trips, Arkansas farm machinery haulers can apply for one-year permits for vehicles hauling farm equipment. The State Highway Commission can approve widths above the usual legal limit, but no wider than 12 feet. Haulers pay up to $500 per vehicle and must choose routes wide enough for safe travel. The commission may require a bond or other security to repay the Arkansas Department of Transportation for highway or structure damage. That security can also cover vehicle removal costs from width-restricted highways or road construction or maintenance zones.
Farm haulers skip permits for covered trips
Arkansas law replaces “dealer” with “hauler” in special-cargo permit exemptions for farm vehicles and machinery. Haulers and repair persons need no special-cargo permit to deliver new or used vehicles or machinery to the purchaser’s farm. The exemption also covers pickup from a farm, transport to a hauler’s or repair person’s shop, and return after repairs. These exemptions do not cover other trips.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Ronald Caldwell
Republican • Senate
Steve Hollowell
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/9/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:33:28 PM
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/7/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:23:45 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB496 is now Act 700
4/18/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/10/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/10/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/9/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/9/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/9/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
4/8/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE
4/7/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/7/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
4/7/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/7/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/2/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE
3/18/2025SenateFiled
3/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB496 - Introduced
3/18/2025
Act Version
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