SB64 funds Arkansas PBS (Department of Education – Educational Television Division) for FY 2025-26. It authorizes up to 93 regular employees, plus extra-help caps of 5 (state operations) and 46 (cash operations). The act appropriates $7,015,471 from the Educational Television Fund for salaries, matching, and operations, and $11,095,044 in cash-funded authority for additional salaries, extra help, operations (including travel, professional fees, capital outlay), grants, resale costs, and promotional items.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB64 on April 7, 2025 by a vote of 76 to 17. We have assigned pluses to the nays because taxpayer funding of broadcasting lies outside the proper role of government. Such activities are properly left to the free market and private enterprise, not subsidized through compulsory taxation. Public broadcasting, even at the state level, fosters government influence over news and culture, contrary to the limited-government framework established by the Founders. SB64 continues this inappropriate use of public funds instead of allowing private citizens and voluntary organizations to support educational programming as they choose.

HB1365 removes all race- and gender-based quotas or membership requirements for multiple Arkansas boards, commissions, and advisory councils. The act strikes language mandating minority, female, or diversity representation across a wide range of state entities, including the State Board of Education, the Arkansas Financial Education Commission, the Commission on Closing the Achievement Gap, local community college boards, and several professional licensing and advisory bodies. It repeals entire sections that previously required appointments to reflect racial or gender diversity, ensuring that board appointments are made without regard to race, sex, or ethnicity.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed HB1365 on April 3, 2025 by a vote of 60 to 24. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because many of these state boards and commissions are unconstitutional in themselves, and eliminating race- and gender-based quotas is a step toward restoring equality under the law. Government should never elevate or exclude individuals based on immutable characteristics such as race or sex. Such policies violate the American ideal that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights. Race-based preferences—whether imposed through quotas, mandates, or so-called diversity requirements—perpetuate discrimination and division, undermining both justice and national unity.

HJR1004 applies to Congress for an Article V Convention to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposing term limits on members of Congress.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives failed to reconsider HJR1004 on April 1, 2025 by a vote of 48 to 34. We have assigned pluses to the nays because term limits restrict the people’s right to choose their own representatives—and even more concerning is the call for an Article V “convention of the states.” Despite claims of limitation, such a convention could easily become a runaway convention with authority to rewrite or fundamentally alter the U.S. Constitution, endangering the very safeguards that restrain government power. Article V was designed to correct structural flaws, not fix the moral failings of elected officials who disregard their oaths. Rather than risk the Constitution itself, states should use their lawful authority under Article VI to enforce it as written and nullify unconstitutional federal acts. The true remedy for federal overreach is obedience to the Constitution—not revision of it.

SB189 allows ivermectin for human use to be sold over the counter in the state. This means people may buy or sell ivermectin without a prescription or consultation with a healthcare professional. The act reclassifies the drug as an over-the-counter medication within Arkansas law, making it more accessible to consumers.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB189 on March 18, 2025 by a vote of 78 to 14. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this measure restores medical freedom and the individual’s right to make personal health decisions without government interference. For years, federal agencies such as the FDA and CDC have restricted access to safe, affordable treatments such as ivermectin, despite extensive evidence of its effectiveness and long record of safety in human use. By reclassifying ivermectin as an over-the-counter medication, Arkansas is rejecting bureaucratic overreach and affirming that citizens—not unelected federal regulators or pharmaceutical interests—should decide what treatments to use. The right to bodily autonomy is essential to liberty, and SB189 is a step toward reestablishing that constitutional principle.

SB59 requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income. It creates a Food Insecurity Fund to cover costs using general revenues, private grants, and tax revenue from medical marijuana sales.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB59 on February 13, 2025 by a vote of 88 to 4. We have assigned pluses to the nays because feeding and educating children are duties of parents, not government. By using taxpayer dollars to provide “free” meals, the state expands the unconstitutional welfare system and fosters dependency rather than self-reliance. SB59 also aligns with the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 “Zero Hunger” initiative, which promotes government control over food distribution and social policy—objectives wholly foreign to America’s constitutional framework. Neither Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution nor any other provision authorizes government to provide meals or social services. Such programs divert funds from legitimate functions, increase public debt, and erode parental responsibility. Instead of empowering families, SB59 further entrenches government dependency within an already failing public-education system.

HB1060 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. The revised curriculum must compare forms of government, highlight constitutional limits and discuss the oppression and bleak historical records of communist and autocratic regimes such as the USSR, China, and North Korea. It also must teach how democracies often deteriorate into autocracies, reinforcing appreciation for America’s system of limited, constitutional government.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed HB1060 on February 11, 2025 by a vote of 70 to 16. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because, while parents should ultimately remove their children from government schools and pursue true education through private or home instruction—such as FreedomProject Academy—this bill is a welcome corrective within the public system. For decades, government schools have downplayed or ignored the evils of communism, socialism, and authoritarian rule while promoting democracy as synonymous with freedom. HB1060 begins to reverse that trend by requiring instruction on the failures of collectivist regimes and the unique safeguards of our constitutional republic. Teaching students that democracies often devolve into mob rule and tyranny, while the U.S. Constitution was designed to protect God-given rights through limited government, is essential to preserving liberty. If properly implemented, this measure could help restore understanding of America’s true form of government and the dangers of abandoning it.

HB1008 provides $6.24 million to the Arkansas Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for “Educational Television.”

The House passed HB1008 on May 1, 2024, by a vote of 78 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because “educational television” is not the role of government—it’s an activity that belongs solely within the private sector. Arkansas PBS, as well as the millions in taxpayer funds it receives, is tied to the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, an organization created by Congress under the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, but which is unauthorized according to Article I, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution. The American people are to be the censors of their government, and any form of federally or state-sponsored mass media should be considered a blatant encroachment on freedom of speech and the press. The Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment were precisely written to protect the liberties of the people, even children, from government propaganda.

HB1025 allocates $14.6 million to the Department of Health for “Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs.”

The House passed HB1025 on April 17, 2024, by a vote of 75 to 17. We have assigned pluses to the nays because anti-tobacco “public health” initiatives are outside the limited purpose and scope of government. This tax-and-spend bill is not just economically harmful, but it entrenches Arkansas in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ever-expanding unconstitutional war on tobacco, which denies basic personal freedoms (e.g., the right to purchase or sell tobacco) while seeking to eradicate an entire industry. An individual’s non-injurious decisions over what they choose to eat, drink, or consume should not be criminalized, for they are private matters not meant to be under federal, state, or local jurisdiction. The Constitution’s Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment protect against the reckless use of taxpayer money and threats to free-market enterprise by arbitrary and discriminatory acts.

HB1076 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.”

The House passed HB1076 on April 17, 2024, by a vote of 89 to 2. We have assigned pluses to the nays because the State of Arkansas has absolutely no business subsidizing “low-income housing” or financing “student loans.” Moreover, neither does the federal government have legitimate authority to engage in “affordable housing” programs. In fact, Section 8 in Article I of the U.S. Constitution prohibits Section 8 of the 1937 Housing Act. Our Constitution is intended to “promote the general Welfare” of all Americans, regardless of economic status, by protecting each person’s  “unalienable Rights” to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This affords everyone the opportunity and dignity to provide for themselves and their family as expected—whether through their own, individual efforts or the voluntary, charitable acts of others.

SB542 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.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB542 on April 5, 2023 by a vote of 80 to 12. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because the care of human life—not its destruction—is the greatest responsibility of government. This bill places further restrictions on abortion providers by protecting a pregnant mother’s right to know and see “proof of life” of her preborn child. At the same time, lawmakers in Arkansas ought to proceed with efforts to abolish abortion and secure the right to life for every person. The right to life is the most fundamental, God-given, and “unalienable” right asserted in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

HB1748 “regulates” the state's participation in an Article V Convention as per the U.S. Constitution. It defines terms, outlines delegate appointments, mandates an oath, sets instructions, and establishes a Delegate Advisory Group for guidance and oversight, all of which are just simply assurances.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed HB1748 on April 4, 2023 by a vote of 61 to 11. We have assigned pluses to the nays because a so-called “Convention of the States” would not be of “limited” purpose. This bill is deceitful and is a hollow promise to make people try to feel better about a potential disastrous convention. Article V of the U.S. Constitution was designed to correct structural deficiencies in the federal government, not the behavior of its elected officials.

HB1718 reaffirms gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state, exempting them from taxation as personal property.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed HB1718 on April 3, 2023 by a vote of 82 to 8. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because this bill is a strong step toward restoring constitutional money and the gold standard.

SB306 increases food stamp eligibility in the state and increases SNAP amounts.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB306 on March 30, 2023 by a vote of 65 to 16. We have assigned pluses to the nays because the U.S. constitution does not permit federal social-welfare programs and propping people up via government support. This expands the size of government and promotes socialist ideologies. Arkansas and other states should not implement these federal programs.

HB1307 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.”

The House passed H1307 on March 27, 2023, by a vote of 70 to 18. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the state’s investment decisions should be based on the financial interests of Arkansas taxpayers and pensioners—not “woke” ESG/DEI factors. As a political and ideological scam that seeks to proliferate worldwide, implement a “social credit” rating system, and advance the United Nations’ Agenda 2030, the ESG/DEI movement rejects liberty of conscience, freedom of association, and private property. Its radical proponents attempt to restrict free-market access to financial and other services by preventing both individuals and companies from entering into contracts voluntarily based on their own interests, which violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fifth and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

SB258 prohibits the use of absentee ballot drop boxes during elections.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB258 on March 13, 2023 by a vote of 80 to 16. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because drop boxes compromise the integrity of our elections, opening the door to fraudulent behavior, which ultimately drives people to lose faith in the election process. We must continue to push back against measures such as drop boxes and early voting.

SB199 allows malpractice lawsuits for transgender surgery for minors, effectively ending the practice.

The Arkansas State House of Representatives passed SB199 on March 8, 2023 by a vote of 76 to 17. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because Marxists and Leftists are pushing their woke agenda — telling everyone that one can choose their own gender and decide what their pronouns are. They are pushing this on younger generations, which is pure indoctrination.

HB1410 eliminates the requirement that minors who are under 16 years of age have to obtain a state-issued work permit prior to employment.

The House passed HB1410 on February 22, 2023, by a vote of 54 to 32. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because young persons (e.g., 14 or 15-year-olds) who have reached an age of discretion should not be subject to “child labor laws” or other unreasonable barriers to willful and gainful employment. Parents—not the government—should have the final decision-making authority over as to whether their minor children can work. Arkansas needs to protect the fundamental rights of parents, which are retained under the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

HB1026 amends state law to prohibit local governments from enacting an income tax.

The House passed HB1026 on January 31, 2023, by a vote of 79 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the income tax is an immoral, anti-constitutional act of government-imposed theft that takes from people the wages they have rightfully earned. This manifestly socialist wealth redistribution scheme is the primary source of funding “nanny-state” policies that only result in more debt, dependency, and poverty. Arkansans must reject tyrannical, big government by enforcing the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment, which require that “No State” shall “deprive any person” of “liberty, or property,” guaranteeing “equal protection of the laws.”