Arkansas House of Representatives

Arkansas House of Representatives
Arkansas General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	3 terms (6 years)
New session started	January 10, 2011
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Robert S. Moore, (D) since January 10, 2011
Speaker pro Tempore	Bobby Pierce, (D) since January 10, 2011
Majority Leader	Johnnie Roebuck, (D) since January 10, 2011
Minority Leader	John Burris, (R) since January 10, 2011
Structure
Members	100
Political groups	Democratic Party (54) Republican Party (45)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article 8, Section 2, Arkansas Constitution
Salary	$15,362/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (100 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2012 (100 seats)
Redistricting	Arkansas Board of Apportionment and Arkansas General Assembly
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Arkansas State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas
Website
Arkansas House of Representatives

The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 26,734 according to the 2000 federal census. Members are elected to two-year terms and, since the 1993 Amendment 73 to the Arkansas Constitution, limited to three terms.

The Arkansas House of Representatives meets regularly every two years at the State Capitol in Little Rock.

Leadership of the House

The Speaker of the House presides over the body and is elected by the membership every two years. His or her duties include the supervision and directing the daily order of business, recognizing members to speak, preserving order in the House, deciding all questions of order and germaneness, certifying all measures passed, assigning committee leadership, and naming members to select committees. In the Speaker's absence, the Speaker Pro Tempore presides.

Leadership information

	Position	Name	Party	County	District
	Speaker of the House	Robert S. Moore	Democratic	Arkansas/Chicot/Desha	12
	Speaker pro tempore	Bobby Pierce	Democratic	Dallas/Grant/Hot Spring	19
	Assistant Speakers pro tempore	Efrem Elliott	Democratic	Jefferson/Lincoln	11
		Stephanie Malone	Republican	Searcy	64
		Robert Dale	Republican	Pope/Van Buren	70
		James McLean	Democratic	Independence	72

Floor Leaders

	Position	Name	Party	County	District
	Majority Leader	Johnnie Roebuck	Democratic	Clark	20
	Minority Leader	John Burris	Republican	Boone	85

Current composition

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Republican	Green		Vacant
End of the 85th General Assembly	75	25	0	100	0
Beginning of the 86th General Assembly	71	28	1	100	0
End of the 86th General Assembly	72		0
Beginning of the 87th General Assembly	55	44	0	99	1
January 26, 2011	54			98	2
March 8, 2011		45		99	0
August 10, 2011	54	46
Latest voting share	54.5%	45.5%

Current membership

	District	Name	Party
	1	Prissy Hickerson	Rep
	2	Larry Cowling	Dem
	3	David Powers	Dem
	4	Lane Jean	Rep
	5	David Fielding	Dem
	6	Matthew Shepherd	Rep
	7	Garry Smith	Dem
	8	Jeff Wardlaw	Dem
	9	Eddie Cheatham	Dem
	10	Sheilla Lampkin	Dem
	11	Efrem Elliott	Dem
	12	Robert Moore	Dem
	13	Clark Hall	Dem
	14	Tiffany Rogers	Dem
	15	Walls McCrary	Dem
	16	James Word	Dem
	17	Henry Wilkins, IV	Dem
	18	Toni Bradford	Dem
	19	Bobby Pierce	Dem
	20	Johnnie Roebuck	Dem
	21	Nate Steel	Dem
	22	Nate Bell	Rep
	23	Randy Stewart	Dem
	24	Bruce Cozart	Rep
	25	John Vines	Dem
	26	Loy Mauch	Rep
	27	Andy Mayberry	Rep
	28	Kim Hammer	Rep
	29	Ann Clemmer	Rep
	30	Bruce Westerman	Rep
	31	David J. Sanders	Rep
	32	Allan Kerr	Rep
	33	Fred Allen	Dem
	34	John W. Walker	Dem
	35	Frederick Love	Dem
	36	Darrin Williams	Dem
	37	Kathy Webb	Dem
	38	John Edwards	Dem
	39	Tracy Steele	Dem
	40	Barry Hyde	Dem
	41	Ed Garner	Rep
	42	Jane English	Rep
	43	Jim Nickels	Dem
	44	Mark Perry	Dem
	45	Linda Tyler	Dem
	46	David Meeks	Rep
	47	Stephen Meeks	Rep
	48	Davy Carter	Rep
	49	Jeremy Gillam	Rep
	50	Mark Biviano	Rep
	51	Marshall Wright	Dem
	52	Reginald Murdock	Dem
	53	Keith Ingram	Dem
	54	Hudson Hallum	Dem
	55	Tommy Lee Baker	Dem
	56	Buddy Lovell	Dem
	57	Jerry Brown	Dem
	58	Jody Dickinson	Dem
	59	Josh Johnston	Rep
	60	Tommy Thompson	Dem
	61	John Catlett	Dem
	62	Terry Rice	Rep
	63	Denny Altes	Rep
	64	Stephanie Malone	Rep
	65	Tracy Pennartz	Dem
	66	Gary Deffenbaugh	Rep
	67	Gary Stubblefield	Rep
	68	Andrea Lea	Rep
	69	Betty Overbey	Dem
	70	Robert Dale	Rep
	71	Tommy Wren	Dem
	72	James McLean	Dem
	73	James Ratliff	Dem
	74	Butch Wilkins	Dem
	75	Jon Hubbard	Rep
	76	Homer Lenderman	Dem
	77	Charolette Wagner	Dem
	78	Billy Gaskill	Dem
	79	Mike Patterson	Dem
	80	Linda Collins-Smith	Rep
	81	Karen Hopper	Rep
	82	Lori Benedict	Rep
	83	Leslee Milam Post	Dem
	84	Jon Eubanks	Rep
	85	John Burris	Rep
	86	Kelley Linck	Rep
	87	Justin T. Harris	Rep
	88	Uvalde Lindsey	Dem
	89	Charlie Collins	Rep
	90	David Branscum	Rep
	91	Bryan King	Rep
	92	Greg Leding	Dem
	93	Jon Woods	Rep
	94	Les Carnine	Rep
	95	Duncan Baird	Rep
	96	Debra Hobbs	Rep
	97	Jonathan Barnett	Rep
	98	Donna Hutchinson	Rep
	99	Tim Summers	Rep
	100	Mary Slinkard	Rep

Committees

The House has 10 Standing Committees:

CLASS A

• Education
• Judiciary
• Public Health, Welfare & Labor
• Public Transportation
• Revenue and Taxation

CLASS B

• Aging, Children & Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs
• Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development
• City, County and Local Affairs
• Insurance and Commerce
• State Agencies and Governmental Affairs

HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES

• Rules
• House Management

JOINT COMMITTEES

• Budget
• Energy
• Performance Review
• Public Retirement and Social Security Programs
• Advanced Communication and Information Technology

Each Representative serves on two Standing Committees, and each committee has 20 members. Standing Committee chairmen and vice-chairmen are selected from respective committee rosters by the Speaker.

Two Select Committees operate exclusively within the House. Members of the committees are appointed by the Speaker. The House Select Committees are the House Committee on Rules and the House Management Committee.

The Committee on Rules considers all proposed action touching the House rules, the joint rules and the order of business. The Committee also considers all legislation dealing with alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco, tobacco products, coin operated amusement devices, vending machines, lobbying, code of ethics, pari-mutuel betting and similar legislation.

The House Management Committee works with the Speaker of the House to direct and oversee operations of the House of Representatives. Its duties include the hiring and supervision of the House Staff, the development of personnel policies and procedures, and the monitoring of facility usage and maintenance.

Representatives also serve on five committees that operate jointly with the Senate. They are Joint Budget, Joint Retirement and Social Security Programs, Joint Energy, Joint Performance Review and Joint Committee on Advanced, Communications and Information Technology

House members of the Joint Budget Committee are chosen by their peers from respective caucus districts. House members on other Joint Committees are appointed to their positions by the Speaker.

History

John Wilson, the speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, stabbed Representative J. J. Anthony to death during a legislative debate on the floor of the chamber in 1837. Wilson was later acquitted. The Old State House is said to be haunted to this day.

See also

• Arkansas General Assembly
• Arkansas Senate
• Arkansas State Capitol

External links

• Arkansas House of Representatives website
• Arkansas House Districts
• Old State House Museum of Arkansas History
• State House of Arkansas at Project Vote Smart
• Arkansas House of Representatives at Ballotpedia