Insurance and Commerce Committee, Arkansas State Senate
The Insurance and Commerce 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 banks and banking, savings and loan associations, stocks, bonds, other securities, securities dealers, insurance, public utilities, partnerships and corporations, home mortgage financing and housing, and similar legislation.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Insurance and Commerce 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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Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | 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.
| Insurance and Commerce Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Joyce Elliott | • Jason Rapert, Chair | |||
| • Larry Teague | • Greg Standridge, Vice chair | |||
| • Stephanie Flowers | • David J. Sanders | |||
| • Cecile Bledsoe | ||||
| • Jeremy Hutchinson | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Insurance and Commerce Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Larry Teague | • Jason Rapert, Chair | |||
| • Stephanie Flowers | • Terry Rice, Vice chair | |||
| • Uvalde Lindsey | • Jonathan Dismang | |||
| • Jeremy Hutchinson | ||||
| • Jane English | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Insurance and Commerce Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Keith Ingram, Vice Chair | • Jason Rapert, Chair | |||
| • Paul Bookout | • Cecile Bledsoe | |||
| • Joyce Elliott | • Johnny Key | |||
| • Michael Lamoureux | ||||
| • Jon Woods | ||||
2011-2012
| Insurance and Commerce Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Jack Crumbly, Chair | • Jason Rapert, Vice Chair | |||
| • Joyce Elliott | • Cecile Bledsoe | |||
| • Percy Malone | • Jeremy Hutchinson | |||
| • Larry Teague | • Ruth Whitaker | |||
2009-2010
| Insurance and Commerce Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Paul Bookout | • Denny Altes | |||
| • Barbara Horn | ||||
| • Bob Johnson | ||||
| • Percy Malone | ||||
| • Paul Miller | ||||
| • Terry Smith | ||||
| • Hank Wilkins | ||||
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, "Insurance & Commerce - Senate," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
