Arkansas Vote Reports

2025 AR Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Arkansas General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes

  • Ranked-choice-voting Ban

    Bans the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in Arkansas elections.

  • Real Money

    Updates Arkansas law on specie and legal tender, authorizing the use of bullion depositories and a precious-metals-backed electronic payment system.

  • Diesel-regulation Nullification

    Declares that the federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate diesel engines operating solely within Arkansas.

  • Local-government DEI Ban

    Prohibits "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) offices, officers, policies, and practices within Arkansas local governments, including counties, cities, and towns.

  • Corporate Welfare: Data Centers

    Updates the state's sales-and-use tax exemption for data centers.

  • "Free" School Meals

    Requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income.

House Votes

  • Public Television Funding

    Funds Arkansas PBS (Department of Education - Educational Television Division) for FY 2025-26.

  • Board Race-and-gender Quota Ban

    Removes all race- and gender-based quotas or membership requirements for Arkansas boards, commissions, and advisory councils.

  • Article V Con-Con

    Applies to Congress for an Article V Convention to propose an amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress.

  • Medical Freedom: Ivermectin

    Allows ivermectin for human use to be sold over the counter in the state.

  • "Free" School Meals

    Requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income.

  • Curriculum: Failures of Communism

    Requires the state Department of Education to update middle- and high-school social studies standards by the 2026-27 school year to emphasize the failures of communism and autocratic governments and the strength of the U.S. constitutional republic.

2024 AR Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Arkansas General Assembly in 2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

Senate Votes

House Votes

2023 AR Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Arkansas General Assembly in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate Votes

  • Gun & Property Rights

    Specifies that a property owner who permits all non-employees to carry loaded firearms on their property will not be held liable for any resulting damage, injury, or death caused by such firearms use.

  • Article V Convention: Delegate Rules

    Provides false assurance by stating it "regulates" the state's participation in an Article V Convention as per the U.S. Constitution.

  • Sound Money

    Reaffirms gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state, exempting them from taxation as personal property.

  • Food Stamps

    Increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

  • Drop Box Ban

    Prohibits the use of absentee ballot drop boxes during elections.

  • Divesting ESG Assets

    Authorizes the Treasurer of State to divest public funds with a financial services provider due to the use of "environmental, social justice, and or governance-related (ESG) factors," such as "diversity and inclusion (DEI) policies."

House Votes

  • "Proof of Life" for the Preborn

    Requires that an obstetric ultrasound, along with a simultaneous verbal explanation and medical description of the "unborn child" it depicts, be performed on and displayed to a pregnant woman prior to an abortion.

  • Article V Convention: Delegate Rules

    Provides false assurance by stating it "regulates" the state's participation in an Article V Convention as per the U.S. Constitution.

  • Sound Money

    Reaffirms gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state, exempting them from taxation as personal property.

  • Food Stamps

    Increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

  • Drop Box Ban

    Prohibits the use of absentee ballot drop boxes during elections.

  • Civil Liability for "Transgender" Surgeries

    Allows malpractice lawsuits for transgender surgery for minors, effectively ending the practice.

2022 AR Legislative Scorecard 2021-

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Arkansas General Assembly in 2021-2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate Votes

House Votes

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