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Senate panel approves bill letting in-state trucks skip DEF equipment requirement

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Summary

The Senate committee voted to advance SB 4708, which would exempt trucks operating solely within Arkansas from a federal-style diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) equipment requirement while the state waits for federal action.

Senator Dave Wallace, District 19, told the Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs Committee he was running SB 4708 for Representative Gary Stubblefield and said the bill would relieve Arkansas-based truckers of a problematic emissions device requirement while federal rules remain in flux.

Wallace said the device, which he called “the DEF,” "fits on large trucks,…

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