Blake Johnson

Senator Blake Johnson of Corning represents District 21, which includes all of Clay, Greene and Randolph Counties and the northeast part of Lawrence County. He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 2014 and took the oath of office on the first day of the 2015 legislative session. Senate Johnson is chair of the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee. He is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Joint Energy Committee, the Senate Efficiency Committee, the Joint Budget Committee and the Arkansas Legislative Council. He is serving his second term as the Senate Majority Leader . In 2025 Senator Johnson sponsored legislation to prohibit moratoriums on the issuance of permits in watersheds. He also sponsored an income tax exemption for certain payments made by the USDA and to create the criminal charge of damaging an ATM. It is now a Class D felony. In 2023 he was the Senate sponsor of Act 41, which extended from 30 to 60 days the period that new car buyers have to register a motor vehicle. During the 2021 regular session Senator Johnson sponsored legislation to mandate inspections of abortion facilities, to create an Independent Tax Appeals Commission and to limit drag racing…