DeAnna Hodges

HB1008 Taxpayer Money for Sesame Street (passed 78 to 11 on 5/1/2024). Provides $6.24 million to the Arkansas Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for “Educational Television.”

HB1025 Funding Anti-Tobacco "Public Health" Initiatives (passed 75 to 17 on 4/17/2024). Allocates $14.6 million to the Department of Health for “Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs.”

HB1076 Government-Subsidized Housing and Loans (passed 89 to 2 on 4/17/2024). Appropriates $60.4 million, including at least $15 million from federal funds, to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority for “low-income housing” and “student loans.”

SB542 "Proof of Life" for the Preborn (passed 80 to 12 on 4/5/2023).  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.

HB1748 Article V Convention: Delegate Rules (passed 61 to 11 on 4/4/2023). Provides false assurance by stating it “regulates” the state's participation in an Article V Convention as per the U.S. Constitution.

HB1718 Sound Money (passed 82 to 8 on 4/3/2023). Reaffirms gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state, exempting them from taxation as personal property.

SB306 Food Stamps (passed 65 to 16 on 3/30/2023). Increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

HB1307 Divesting ESG Assets (passed 70 to 18 on 3/27/2023). 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.”

SB258 Drop Box Ban (passed 80 to 16 on 3/13/2023). Prohibits the use of absentee ballot drop boxes during elections.

SB199 Civil Liability for "Transgender" Surgeries (passed 76 to 17 on 3/8/2023). Allows malpractice lawsuits for transgender surgery for minors, effectively ending the practice.

HB1410 Freeing Youth from "Child Labor Laws" (passed 54 to 32 on 2/22/2023). Eliminates the requirement that minors who are under 16 years of age have to obtain a state-issued work permit prior to employment.

HB1026 No Local Income Tax (passed 79 to 10 on 1/31/2023). Amends state law to prohibit local governments from enacting an income tax.