Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2026 Fiscal)
Arkansas SMR1: IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY
Status: Passed both chambers, April 14, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, April 6, 2026:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly Fiscal Session, 2026 SMR By: Senators Rice, J. Boyd, J. Bryant, Caldwell, A. Clark, Crowell, B. Davis, Dees, J. Dismang, J. Dotson, J. English, Flippo, S. Flowers, Gilmore, K. Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, B. Johnson, M. Johnson, B. King, G. Leding, F. Love, M. McKee, R. Murdock, J. Payton, C. Penzo, J. Petty, J. Scott, Simon, Stone, D. Sullivan, C. Tucker, D. Wallace SENATE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY. Subtitle IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY. WHEREAS, Arkansas State Senator Gary Don Stubblefield, formerly of Branch, passed away on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the age of seventy-four (74); and WHEREAS, Senator Gary Stubblefield was born on February 28, 1951, in Charleston, Arkansas, to H.T. "Tottie" Stubblefield and Beulah Mae Stubblefield; and WHEREAS, Senator Gary Stubblefield was raised on a small family farm on Mill Creek Mountain, before his family moved to a farm in Branch, where his family cleared the land by hand and raised Holstein milk cows; and WHEREAS, Senator Gary Stubblefield would milk cows before and after school each day, and …
Sponsors
- Terry Rice (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Justin Boyd (R, 27)
- Joshua Bryant (R, 32)
- Ronald Caldwell (R, 10)
- Alan Clark (R, 7)
- Steve Crowell (R, 3)
- Breanne Davis (R, 25)
- Tyler Dees (R, 35)
- Jonathan Dismang (R, 18)
- Jim Dotson (R, 34)
- Jane English (R, 13)
- Scott Flippo (R, 23)
Latest actions
- : Sine Die adjournment
- : Read the third time and adopted.
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is SMR1?
- SMR1 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2026 Fiscal)): IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.
- What is the status of SMR1?
- Passed both chambers as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: Sine Die adjournment (April 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SMR1?
- Terry Rice (R, 5), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SMR1?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F&measureno=SMR1
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