---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE HOLDERS TO POSSESS A UNITED STATES WORK AUTHORIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; AND TO CREATE RELATED OFFENSES."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE HOLDERS TO POSSESS A UNITED STATES WORK AUTHORIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; AND TO CREATE RELATED OFFENSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1745"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1745 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11T21:10:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:11:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43179fb8-2ea3-4f57-93f7-0435594c96f2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3033330a8b9e2c16da5d87b16e7323c8558ae244ea4b8897908896441046ced8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1745 (2025) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE HOLDERS TO POSSESS A UNITED STATES WORK AUTHORIZATION; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; AND TO CREATE RELATED OFFENSES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 604** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=604.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1745-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1745-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1745.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Henley — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-11T21:10:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-11T22:00:45+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:28:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T13:29:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T13:29:28+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-19T21:15:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T18:42:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:24:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:24:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:40:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T14:10:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T14:10:24+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T19:00:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T19:12:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T19:12:48+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-03T20:25:30+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-03T20:25:43+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T16:37:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:11:29+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-09T19:11:32+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T19:11:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:11:42+00:00** Notification that HB1745 is now Act 604 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43179fb8-2ea3-4f57-93f7-0435594c96f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).