In Arkansas, the local control fluoride bill SB282 failed in the full Senate today, March 12, 2025, but thankfully the vote was expunged.Meaning of expunged: a separate action was taken to remove the bill’s failure from the official record. This was done by a motion and required approval from the Senate legislative body via a voice vote. […]
Agenda for Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs UPDATE: We just heard that Senator Clarke Tucker will be running this bill on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM. For those of you who would like to come and speak FOR the bill, please get there a bit earlier on Thursday morning to sign […]
Please Oppose SB207-SB212 sponsored by Senator Kim Hammer of Benton, Arkansas. . Why is Senator Hammer working to end citizens petitions in Arkansas and make the initiative and referendum process HARDER? — These freedom-robbing bills all deal with the Arkansas initiative/referendum process, another slap-in-the-face to the voters. Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Tuesday, February 11, […]
First Week of February 2025 at the Arkansas Capitol . Here are some important pieces of legislation this week. We’ve listed the bills according to their location (committee OR full Senate or House), and each bill is hotlinked to the Arkansas State Legislature info. You can copy/paste the committee members’ email addresses into your email SEND TO […]
Here is some of the legislation coming up in committees on Tuesday morning, Jan. 28, 2025. (Posted late… but leaving up for future reference) We need to watch these bills and contact our legislators about them. These are among those that we’ve found are most important. . We’ve listed the bills according to the committees in […]