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Sponsor pulls bill offering lifetime hunting and fishing licenses to truckers who report human‑trafficking tips
Summary
Representative Jay Unger withdrew House Bill 10‑59 after lawmakers questioned how a promised lifetime license reward would be funded and how convictions or prosecutions would trigger the reward process; Arkansas Game and Fish officials asked for appropriation language and administrative details.
Representative Jay Unger presented House Bill 10‑59, which would provide an Arkansas lifetime hunting and fishing license as a nonmonetary reward to Arkansas‑licensed commercial drivers who provide tips that lead to arrests or convictions in human‑trafficking cases. Unger said the idea grew from his volunteer work with child‑protection efforts and conversations with judges and enforcement officials.
Committee members raised practical and fiscal questions.…
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