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Billy W. Gaskill, D-78

  • Name
    Billy W. Gaskill
  • Address
    606 North 8th Street
    Paragould, AR 72450
  • PartyD
  • District78
  • Seniority3
  • ReligionProtestant
  • Past Service
    First Term in House 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Occupation
    Retired Dentist/Military
  • Military Service
    WWII, Korean
Phone 870-239-4383

Rep. Billy Gaskill is serving his third term in the Arkansas House of Representatives.   He represents District 78, which includes part of Greene County. 
For the 88th General Assembly, Rep. Gaskill serves on the Arkansas Legislative Council, where he chairs the Litigation Oversight Subcommittee.  He also serves on the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Human Services.  In addition, he serves on the Joint Performance Review Committee, and the House Committee for Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.  As a decorated U.S. Veteran, Rep. Gaskill lead House members in the daily Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of each day of the 2011 Regular Session.


During the 87th General Assembly, Rep. Gaskill served on the Arkansas Legislative Council;  the Joint Performance Review Committee; the House Committee for Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, and the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee.  For his first term, Rep. Gaskill served on the Public Health Committee, along with the Committee for Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.


Rep. Gaskill grew up in Greene County.  He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of West Virginia and graduated dental school at the University of Maryland.  A retired dentist, Rep. Gaskill also served in World War II, and in the Korean War.  He has two grown children.
 



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