Daily Summary for March 9, 2021
Daily Summary for March 9, 2021

More than 300 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.The House passed more than 20 bills today including the following...

Speaker Shepherd Appoints Reginal Thomas to Medical Marijuana Commission
Speaker Shepherd Appoints Reginal Thomas to Medical Marijuana Commission

NEWS RELEASE SPEAKER SHEPHERD APPOINTS REGINAL THOMAS TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMMISSION Little Rock, Arkansas (March 9, 2021) –Arkansas House...

Daily Summary for March 8, 2021
Daily Summary for March 8, 2021

The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee began hearing proposed constitutional amendments this afternoon. You can watch the present...

Women's History Month 2021
Women's History Month 2021

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), approximately 2,145 women serve in the 50 state legislatures in 2020. Women ma...

Week 8 of the 2021 Regular Session
Week 8 of the 2021 Regular Session

As we wind down the 8th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 270 bills have been signed into law.Next week, the House State Agencies and Govern...

Daily Summary for March 4, 2021
Daily Summary for March 4, 2021

The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee will begin reviewing proposed constitutional amendments next week.The committee will begin...

Daily Summary for March 3, 2021
Daily Summary for March 3, 2021

On Wednesday, there were close to 30 additional bills filed and more than 20 bills advancing from committees.On the House floor members passed the fol...

Daily Summary for March 2, 2021
Daily Summary for March 2, 2021

More than 1,000 bills have been filed since the session began and more than 200 have been signed into law. Tuesday marked the 51st day for the 2021 Re...

Daily Summary for March 1, 2021
Daily Summary for March 1, 2021

The House entered the 8th week of the Regular Session on Monday.Members passed the following bills on the House floor:HB1464-This bill adds a provisio...

Week 7 of the 2021 Regular Session
Week 7 of the 2021 Regular Session

In the 7th week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House passed bills addressing taxes, medical care, scholarships, the duty to retreat, and more.The fo...