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Driver's license bill vote fails - see how your rep. voted!

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Driver's license bill vote fails - see how your rep. voted!
AR residents: Check to see how your state rep. voted on HB 2007!

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March 28, 2011
 

Last Wednesday, the Arkansas House brought HB 2007—a bill to require that the written portion of state driver’s license exams must be administered in no languages other than English—to the floor for an up-or-down vote.   On the first attempt, the vote was 49 to 37 and fell short of the necessary 51 votes (a majority) required to pass legislation in the Arkansas state legislature.

Two days later, on Friday, March 25th, the House tried a second time to pass HB 2007, but that vote failed again—49 to 40—just two votes short of the needed 51.

 

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Check the roll call vote to see how your representative voted.  Did your state rep.’s vote represent you?

Check the Vote Tally

(If you don’t know who your state representative is, click here to find out.)


TAKE ACTION!

Until the Arkansas House can acquire two more supporters to vote YES on HB 2007, Arkansas will continue administering the written driver’s exams in both English and Spanish.

Continue to ask your state reps. to pass HB 2007 before the end of this legislative session!

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