State Senate 26
1. Abortion: Arkansas’ current law that prohibits abortion except to save the life of the mother in a medical emergency.
2. Abortion: Establishing a permanent funding stream to provide state-funded grants to charities that provide women with alternatives to abortion.
3. Education: The Arkansas LEARNS Act Educational Freedom Accounts that lets families use public dollars to pay for an education at a private school or homeschool.
Wade Dunn (Republican)
Support
We need to fix some Accountability issues with fiscal and achievement in the education freedom accounts.
We need to fix some Accountability issues with fiscal and achievement in the education freedom accounts.
Brad Simon (Republican)
Support
We must empower parents in education and protect school choice, but stricter measures are needed to ensure EFA dollars are being used as intended. Providing well funded public schools - especially in rural areas - is critical to our future.
We must empower parents in education and protect school choice, but stricter measures are needed to ensure EFA dollars are being used as intended. Providing well funded public schools - especially in rural areas - is critical to our future.
4. Drugs: Legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas.
5. Tech: Requiring major social media websites to verify all users’ ages in order to protect children on their platforms.
6. Gambling: Letting casinos in Arkansas conduct gambling online.
7. Elections: Current ballot initiative efforts to change the Arkansas Constitution to make it easier for private individuals or entities to place measures on the ballot for a statewide vote.
Tedd Tritt (Republican)
Need to be careful opening this door.
With that said. Arkansas Supreme Court ruling has just opened a very scary door.
8. Guns: Confiscation of firearms from citizens that the government deem a danger to themselves or others, otherwise known as red flag laws.
9. Marriage: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage.