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Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, Arkansas State Senate
The Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee is a standing committee of the Arkansas State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Arkansas State Senate are assigned by seniority. Starting with the most senior member, every senator chooses a committee. Once the most junior senator has chosen, everyone selects again in the same order. The President of the Senate then appoints additional senators to any committees with less than eight members.[1] If a senator is elected to fill a mid-term vacancy by special election, the incoming senator assumes any committee responsibilities of the previous senator, but cannot serve as a Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.[2] Committees are assigned at the start of each legislative session.[3] It is not stated what constitutes a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | This committee reviews matters pertaining to roads, highway safety, airports and air transportation, common carriers, mass transits, and similar legislation; matters pertaining to science, technology, bio-technology, and similar legislation; and other matters whenever the subject matter is not germane to the subject matter of any other Class A or Class B Committee. The committee serves as the supervisory committee over the preparation of the journal and the engrossing and enrolling of bills. The committee does not have jurisdiction of matters affecting the interpretation of the rules of the Senate, but such jurisdiction is exercised by the Senate Rules Committee.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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Lance Eads (R) left this committee on October 28, 2021. [Source]
2019-2020 legislative session
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Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (0) | Republican members (8) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Keith Ingram, Vice chair | • Bill Sample, Chair | |||
| • Linda Chesterfield | • Jake Files | |||
| • Eddie Joe Williams | ||||
| • Ronald Caldwell | ||||
| • Jim Hendren | ||||
| • Jimmy Hickey | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Bobby Pierce, Vice chair | • Bill Sample, Chair | |||
| • Jake C. Files | ||||
| • Ronald Caldwell | ||||
| • Jimmy Hickey, Jr. | ||||
| • Bryan King | ||||
| • Jim Hendren | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • David Wyatt, Vice Chair | • Bill Sample, Chair | |||
| • Larry Teague | • Jake Files | |||
| • Linda Chesterfield | • Jim Hendren | |||
| • Bobby Pierce | • Jimmy Hickey, Jr. | |||
2011-2012
| Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Linda Chesterfield, Chair | • Jake C. Files | |||
| • David Wyatt, Vice Chair | • Bruce Holland | |||
| • Mike Fletcher | • Jeremy Hutchinson | |||
| • Missy Thomas Irvin | ||||
| • Bill Sample | ||||
2009-2010
| Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Paul Bookout | • Denny Altes | |||
| • John Paul Capps | ||||
| • Bobby Glover | ||||
| • Bob Johnson | ||||
| • Larry Teague | ||||
| • David Wyatt | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-2)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.02-d)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-1)
- ↑ Arkansas Senate, "Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs - Senate," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
