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People over politics. Common Ground Arkansas supports leaders who put good ideas and the good of Arkansans ahead of partisanship.

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

Listen or read our Emergency Clause 101.

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/J2AK2kTgwU

📖 Read: https://t.co/H8RAzd21zR

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

Let’s talk about emergency clauses.

2023 Numbers
- 1/3 of the bills passed had emer clause
- 84% of those were budget, public retirement, technical corrections, or state board related
- 16% of bills w clauses were more substantive / impactful (around 5% of total bills passed)

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

That means that 16% of laws with emergency clauses were potentially impactful to our everyday lives. Overall, this reflects just 5% of all the new laws passed last session.

[Misty Ann @MistyTrails]

I always love having the chance to talk with @RobyBrock about Arkansas politics, especially numbers.

Where was the biggest bill graveyard and who had the most success?
Gotta watch:

https://t.co/lOivvCXB2J

[TalkBusinessPolitics @RobyBrock]

#arpx #arleg This week on @TBArkansas @CapitolViewAR > Remembering Cong. Marion Berry w/ @Gabe_Holmstrom @chadcausey + @commongroundar
@MistyTrails + @arkcapes chair Veronica McClane - Tune in!
https://t.co/5ov7PPID7q

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

Have questions? Comments? Want to see another data point? Send us an email at [email protected]. Thanks for reading!

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

Data Points: Legislature 2023
The 94th General Assembly by the numbers

Overall, there were 1,439 bills filed this session.
Of those, 890 were signed into law (62%).
546 of them weren’t passed (38%) by the legislature, including 58 bills that were assigned to interim study.

[CommonGroundAR @commongroundar]

17 (13%) legislators proposed bills but didn’t have any passed (6 Democrats, 11 Republicans). There were 4 legislators that weren’t the primary sponsor on any bills. And 41 (30%) legislators were the primary sponsor on 3 or fewer bills.