
Matt Stone
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Senator Matt Stone was elected to the Senate in November 2022 and was sworn in on January 9, 2023. He represents District 2, which includes Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita and Union Counties and part of Grant County. Senator Stone is vice-chair of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee, the Senate Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, the Senate Rules, Resolutions and Memorials Committee and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. In 2025 Senator Stone sponsored legislation that created the offense of capital rape. He also sponsored legislation that prohibits antisemitism in public elementary and secondary schools and legislation that prohibits the practice of forestry without a valid certificate. He sponsored and successfully handled the appropriation for the SAU-Tech Fire Training Academy. In 2023, Senator Stone sponsored legislation to establish the Arkansas Prescribed Burning Act and to amend the law regarding timber sales. He also sponsored legislation to amend the law concerning the correction of errors on ballots and to amend the compensation of a member of a county board of election commissioners. Senator Stone has served…
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- VerifiedCo-sponsored: TO REDUCE THE INCOME TAX RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, AND CORPORATIONS.
- VerifiedCo-sponsored: IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF REPRESENTATIVE STANLEY JACK "STAN" BERRY AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.
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2026-05-06: Notification that SB1 is now Act 2
2026-04-29: Sine Die adjournment
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