Denise Jones Ennett
Democrat • 36th District 93rd General Assembly- Party
- Democrat
- Past Service
- First Term in House 2019
- Seniority
- 98
- Religion
- Catholic
- Occupation
- Community Advocate
Rep. Denise Ennett is serving her second term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She represents District 36 which includes a portion of Little Rock and Pulaski County.
For the 93rd General Assembly, Rep. Ennett serves on the House Public Transportation Committee, the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology, and the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Arts in Higher Education/College Affairs from UA-Little Rock.
Rep. Ennett serves on the Board of Directors for the Historic Arkansas Museum Foundation and Preserve Arkansas. She also serves on the City of Little Rock Arts and Cultural Commission. She previously served on the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Advisory Board, the Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities, the Arkansas PTA Board of Managers, and as a member of Volunteer in Public Schools (ViPS).
She is married to a retired Air Force Veteran. She is also a mother of three including a set of twins, one with Autism. Rep. Ennett and her family reside in Little Rock.
Elected Terms
2021 (Jan 11th, 2021 — Jan 1st, 2022) 2019 (Jan 1st, 2019 — Jan 10th, 2021)Newsroom
The House is now in an extended recess. We will return in the fall to address redistricting.House me...
With a vote of 94-2, the House passed HB1949, an Act to Amend the Revenue Stabilization Law.This bil...
This week, the Joint Budget Committee advanced two bills outlining the proposed budget for the next...
With a vote of 82-9, the House voted in favor of SJR10. This is a proposed constitutional amendment...
House members are now reviewing the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The Revenue Stabilization...
With a vote of 78-15 and 3 members voting present, the House passed SB55. This bill is the appropria...
The House passed two bills today which would create new tax credits.HB1719 creates the Reboot Pilot...
This week, the House passed several bills which will increase various tax credits and exemptions.Tho...
On Thursday, the House advanced a proposed constitutional amendment. HJR1005 would require statewide...
On Wednesday, the House passed bills outlining several tax credits and exemptions.HB1157 would doubl...
The Governor has now signed 680 bills into law since the beginning of the 2021 Regular Session.On Tu...
With a vote of 65-26 and 5 members voting present, the House passed SB622 on Monday.This bill states...
By the end of the 13th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 600 bills were signed into law.Th...
On Thursday, the House HB1865 which requires all law enforcement officers in the state to complete a...
More than 600 bills have been signed into law so far this session.On Wednesday, the House passed the...
With a vote of 72-25, the House voted to override the Governor’s veto of HB1570 on Tuesday. HB1570 p...
House members passed the following bills Monday afternoon:HB1740-This bill states that grooming a mi...
Close to 500 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.There are still...
Close to 500 bills have been signed into law so far this session.As we work to address the remainder...
By a vote of 64-34 and 1 member voting present, the House passed SB410 on Tuesday.This bill establis...
The public health emergency will continue in Arkansas for another 60 days. The Governor made the req...
The 11th week of the session was an abbreviated one as the General Assembly took a recess for Spring...
The General Assembly will be in recess for the remainder of this week. Before adjourning for the wee...
The House approved a resolution that will provide for an extended recess of the 2021 Regular Session...
In the 10th week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House passed several bills focusing on improved ed...
On Thursday, the House passed a bill requiring students entering the ninth grade class of 2022-2023...
On Wednesday, the House voted to raise teacher salaries and increase public school funding.HB1614 se...
More than 370 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.The House passe...
House members began the 10th week of the 2021 Regular Session on Monday.The House passed more than 3...
More than 320 bills have been signed into law during the 2021 Regular Session. There are several hun...
The House wrapped up the 9th week of the 2021 Regular Session.Members passed the following bills Thu...
Thursday will mark the 60th day of the 2021 Regular Session.The House passed 18 bills on Wednesday,...
More than 300 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.The House passe...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee began hearing proposed constitutional am...
As we wind down the 8th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 270 bills have been signed into...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee will begin reviewing proposed constituti...
On Wednesday, there were close to 30 additional bills filed and more than 20 bills advancing from co...
More than 1,000 bills have been filed since the session began and more than 200 have been signed int...
The House entered the 8th week of the Regular Session on Monday.Members passed the following bills o...
In the 7th week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House passed bills addressing taxes, medical care,...
The House has now wrapped up the 7th week of the 2021 Regular Session.The House passed the following...
Today is the 45th day of the 2021 Regular Session. More than 560 bills have been filed in the House,...
Since the filing period began, there have been more than 540 bills filed in the House. In the Senate...
After an extended recess due to the winter weather, House members are back at the Capitol.On Monday,...
This week was yet another example of how Arkansans overcome in difficult times. From the workers cle...
There are 25 proposed constitutional amendments filed in the House and 18 in the Senate. The deadlin...
Today is the deadline for members to file proposed Constitutional Amendments. More than 20 proposed...
Tomorrow is the last day members can file proposed Constitutional Amendments. The General Assembly c...
More than 70 bills have now been signed into law as we begin the 5th week of the 2021 Regular Sessio...
The House has adjourned from the 4th week of the Regular Session.The following bills were passed by...
On Wednesday, the House passed several pieces of legislation, including the following:·  ...
On Tuesday, the House passed HB1022. This bill states drivers must have their vehicle’s headlights o...
The House began the 4th week of the 2021 Regular Session on Monday.This morning, the House State Age...
Several bills are now making their way to the Governor’s desk including one that intends to expand b...
With a vote of 94-0, the House passed legislation to expand broadband access in Arkansas.SB74 allows...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced HB1211 which states the Governo...
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee advanced HB1151 which suspends the public school rating sy...
The third week of the 2021 Regular Session is now underway.This morning, the House State Agencies an...
In the second week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House voted on bills addressing everything from...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced HB1056. This bill amends the Ar...
The House began its second week of the Regular Session on Tuesday.The House Public Transportation Co...
House members are now ready to begin the second week of the 2021 Regular Session.Nearly 200 bills ha...
The House has now completed its work for the first week of the 2021 Regular Session.This afternoon,...
The House Rules committee advanced resolutions outlining new rules and changes to procedure due to C...
On this second day of the Regular Session, Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed the General Assembly an...
House members elected to serve in the 93rd General Assembly took the oath of office in the House Cha...
NEWS RELEASEREP. ENNETT REMINDING RESIDENTS OF COVID-19 TESTING ON JUNE 6 IN WRIGHTSVILLERep. Denise...
· The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is working closely with the Arkansas D...
If you are a business owner struggling to meet payroll or if you have recently become unemployed due...
Contact Representative Ennett
Denise Jones Ennett
Denise.ennett@arkansashouse.org
621 East 16th Street
Little Rock, AR 72202-5539
501-690-4211
