Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session
SB 536: To Abolish and Transfer the Arkansas State Library and the State Library Board; And to Declare an Emergency
Emergency Clause · April 2, 2025 · Yeas 18, nays 7 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- SB 536
- Motion
- Emergency Clause
- Date
- April 2, 2025
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 18, nays 7; 10 didn't vote (2 excused, 3 abstained)
- Result
- Failed, as the official record marks it
The General Assembly's site doesn't publish the separate roll calls on emergency clauses. This one comes from the Senate Journal (page 3128 of the PDF), which names each member under how they voted.
Official record: the Senate Journal (PDF) ↗
The bill's page on the General Assembly's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (18)
- Justin Boyd R-27
- Ron Caldwell R-10
- Alan Clark R-7
- Tyler Dees R-35
- Jim Dotson R-34
- Scott Flippo R-23
- Bart Hester R-33
- Jimmy Hickey R-4
- Ricky Hill R-11
- Blake Johnson R-21
- Mark Johnson R-17
- Matt McKee R-6
- John Payton R-22
- Terry Rice R-5
- Matt Stone R-2
- Gary Stubblefield R-26
- Dan Sullivan R-20
- Dave Wallace R-19
Nay (7)
- Breanne Davis R-25
- Bryan King R-28
- Greg Leding D-30
- Fred Love D-15
- Reginald Murdock D-9
- Jamie Scott D-12
- Clarke Tucker D-14
Abstained (3)
- Steve Crowell R-3
- Jonathan Dismang R-18
- Ben Gilmore R-1
Excused (2)
- Stephanie Flowers D-8
- Kim Hammer R-16
Not voting (5)
- Josh Bryant R-32
- Jane English R-13
- Missy Irvin R-24
- Clint Penzo R-31
- Jim Petty R-29