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Legislative Council, Arkansas General Assembly

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The Legislative Council is a standing committee of the Arkansas General Assembly.

The Code of Arkansas outlines how regular and standing committees of the Arkansas General Assembly are assigned. The assignment of members and the designation of committee chair and vice chair are made in the Senate pursuant to the Rules of the Senate and in the House by the Speaker-elect of the House of Representatives as soon as is feasible after each biennial general election.[1]

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Code of Arkansas

Function

“ The Legislative Council was established by Act 264 of 1949 to collect data and information upon which legislative decisions will be made during regular session of the General Assembly. The Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council is a service agency within the legislative department of government. All members of the General Assembly have access to the Bureau of Legislative Research. The Legislative Council is the supervisory committee for the Bureau of Legislative Research, and the council coordinates the activities of the various interim committees and through the various committees provides legislative oversight of the executive branch of government.[2][3] ”

Membership

Lance Eads (R) left this committee on October 28, 2021. [Source]

Chris Richey (D) left this committee on June 30, 2020.

“ The Council consists of 36 regular members which is composed of 20 House members and 16 Senators. In addition there are 24 ex-officio voting members and 5 ex-officio non-voting members.[4][3] ”

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Legislative Council House Members, 2015
Democratic members (10)Republican members (10)
• Marshall Wright• David L. Branscum, Chair
• James Ratliff• Mark Lowery, Vice chair
• Scott Baltz• Lanny Fite
• Chris Richey• David Meeks
• Greg Leding• Josh Miller
• George McGill• Joe Farrer
• Jeff R. Wardlaw• Kelley Linck
• Sheilla E. Lampkin• Gary Deffenbaugh
• Betty Overbey• Bob Ballinger
• David Fielding• Nate Bell

2013-2014

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

2011-2012

2009-2010

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Arkansas Public Access, "Code of Arkansas," accessed February 22, 2021(Section 10-3-101)
  2. ↑ Arkansas State Legislature, "Arkansas Legislative Council (ALC)," accessed February 22, 2021
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Arkansas State Legislature, "Arkansas Legislative Council," accessed February 5, 2014


Current members of the Arkansas State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Blake Johnson
Minority Leader:Greg Leding
Senators
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
Vacant
District 27
District 28
District 29
Jim Petty (R)
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (28)
Democratic Party (6)
Vacancies (1)



Current members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Howard Beaty
Minority Leader:Andrew Collins
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
John Carr (R)
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
Brad Hall (R)
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
Joey Carr (R)
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
Rick Beck (R)
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
Ryan Rose (R)
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
Les Eaves (R)
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
District 63
District 64
District 65
District 66
District 67
District 68
District 69
David Ray (R)
District 70
District 71
District 72
District 73
District 74
District 75
District 76
District 77
District 78
District 79
District 80
District 81
RJ Hawk (R)
District 82
District 83
District 84
District 85
District 86
District 87
District 88
District 89
District 90
District 91
District 92
District 93
District 94
District 95
District 96
District 97
District 98
District 99
Lane Jean (R)
District 100
Republican Party (81)
Democratic Party (19)

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