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ADOT’s omnibus revisions bill moves out of committee; blood‑bank vehicles cleared for HOV use
Summary
House Bill 2399, an ADOT revisions omnibus, advanced after ADOT staff explained multiple technical statutory updates and a new HOV exception allowing blood transport vehicles to use HOV lanes to speed deliveries to hospitals.
The Transportation Infrastructure Committee returned House Bill 2399 with a due‑pass recommendation after ADOT staff described a package of technical and policy revisions across state transportation law.
Amy Love, representing ADOT, said the bill compiles division requests that are regularly updated and includes changes such as allowing ADOT to designate a state highway as a primitive road, flexibility on driver photo update timing, and an HOV lane exception to permit blood‑transport vehicles. Vitalant, a major blood supplier in Arizona, told the committee that allowing blood‑transport vehicles to use HOV lanes would reduce delivery time to hospitals; that testimony was given by Vitalant counsel TJ Mitchell, who noted Vitalant provides about 90% of the state's blood products.
ADOT said the blood‑transport provision conforms to federal law for permitted vehicles in HOV lanes; representatives discussed organ‑transport vehicles and said current federal lists do not automatically include organ transports, a matter for future federal or legislative change.
The committee returned HB 2399 with a due‑pass recommendation on a recorded roll call. ADOT said it solicited internal division requests and consolidated them in the bill because most updates were Title 28 technical changes.
What happens next: The bill moves to the House floor; ADOT and sponsors said they would continue to coordinate statutory language with stakeholders and that practical implementation (signing and guidance for HOV access) would follow with ADOT operations staff.
