State House 71
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.
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.
Stephen Bright (Republican)
Oppose
Although I do not support the expansion of gambling further, I also have concerns about telling people how to spend their money on activities that are considered legal.
Although I do not support the expansion of gambling further, I also have concerns about telling people how to spend their money on activities that are considered legal.
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.
Stephen Bright (Republican)
Oppose
The LAST thing we need to do is make changing the Constitution easier.
The LAST thing we need to do is make changing the Constitution easier.
8. Guns: Confiscation of firearms from citizens that the government deem a danger to themselves or others, otherwise known as red flag laws.
Stephen Bright (Republican)
Oppose
I have concerns about the government determining who is labeled with these red flags. However we MUST find a balance of making sure those that have mental illness do not have guns versus infringing on the 2nd amendment rights of law abiding gun owners.
I have concerns about the government determining who is labeled with these red flags. However we MUST find a balance of making sure those that have mental illness do not have guns versus infringing on the 2nd amendment rights of law abiding gun owners.
9. Marriage: The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage.