Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HR1117: TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BEN MCGEE FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly Regular Session, 2025 HR 1117 By: Representative McGruder HOUSE RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BEN MCGEE FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Subtitle TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BEN MCGEE FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. WHEREAS, Ben McGee of Marion is a former state representative who represented the thirty-fifth district in Arkansas, which includes portions of Crittenden County and Cross County in the Arkansas Delta, from 1988 until 1998; and WHEREAS, former Representative McGee was the first African American since Reconstruction to represent this district, which is today represented by Representative Jessie McGruder; and WHEREAS, former Representative McGee was also the first African American elected to the school board of the Marion School District; and WHEREAS, former Representative McGee was also the first African American Chair of the Board of Trustees of Arkansas State University; and WHEREAS, former Representative McGee showed great courage as a pioneer during the Civil Rights Movement; and *ADF233* 04/10/2025 7:54:16 AM ADF233 HR1117 WHEREAS, former Representative McGee and his wife, Rose, have two (2) sons and two (2) daughters, three (3) of whom are doctors, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: THAT the …
Sponsors
- Jessie McGruder (D, 35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in House at Sine Die adjournment.
- : Returned by the Committee Do Pass
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE MANAGEMENT
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is HR1117?
- HR1117 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BEN MCGEE FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
- What is the status of HR1117?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Died in House at Sine Die adjournment. (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HR1117?
- Jessie McGruder (D, 35).
- Where is the official record for HR1117?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=HR1117
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