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Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, Arkansas State Senate
The Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee is a standing committee of the Arkansas State Senate.
Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Arkansas State Senate are assigned by seniority. Starting with the most senior member, every senator chooses a committee. Once the most junior senator has chosen, everyone selects again in the same order. The President of the Senate then appoints additional senators to any committees with less than eight members.[1] If a senator is elected to fill a mid-term vacancy by special election, the incoming senator assumes any committee responsibilities of the previous senator, but cannot serve as a Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson.[2] Committees are assigned at the start of each legislative session.[3] It is not stated what constitutes a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Senate Rules
Function
| “ | This committee reviews matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock, forestry, industrial development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity and parks, levees and drainage, rivers and harbors, and similar legislation.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (1) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Bruce Maloch | • Ronald Caldwell, Chair | |||
| • Eddie Cheatham | • John Cooper, Vice chair | |||
| • Jonathan Dismang | ||||
| • Jane English | ||||
| • Blake Johnson | ||||
| • Dave Wallace | ||||
2015 legislative session
Arkansas on 
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The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Bruce Maloch | • Ronald Caldwell, Chair | |||
| • Eddie Cheatham | • Alan Clark, Vice chair | |||
| • Gary Stubblefield | ||||
| • David J. Sanders | ||||
| • John Cooper (Arkansas) | ||||
| • Blake Johnson | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Bruce Maloch, Vice Chair | • Bruce Holland, Chair | |||
| • David Wyatt | • Ronald Caldwell | |||
| • Stephanie Flowers | • Alan Clark | |||
| • David Sanders | ||||
2011-2012
| Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (0) | |||
| • Gene Jeffress, Chair | ||||
| • Stephanie Flowers, Vice Chair | ||||
| • Mike Fletcher | ||||
| • Jimmy Jeffress | ||||
| • Randy Laverty | ||||
| • Jim Luker | ||||
| • Mary Anne Salmon | ||||
| • David Wyatt | ||||
2009-2010
| Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (1) | |||
| • Michael Broadway | • Ruth Whitaker | |||
| • Gene Jeffress | ||||
| • Jimmy Jeffress | ||||
| • Jim Luker | ||||
| • Mary Anne Salmon | ||||
| • Jerry Taylor | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-2)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.02-d)
- ↑ Access Arkansas, "Parliamentary Manual of the Senate," accessed February 22, 2021(Rule 7.01-b-1)
- ↑ Arkansas Senate, "Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development - Senate," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
