Arkansas Senate majority bans minority party from vice-chair seats on committees

November 7, 2024

Sen. Clarke Tucker, D-Little Rock (left), and Senate Majority Leader Blake Johnson, R-Corning, talk during an organizational meeting in the Arkansas Senate on Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate)

Arkansas Senate Republicans voted Thursday to no longer allow members of the minority party to serve as vice chairs of standing committees.

Senate Majority Leader Blake Johnson, R-Corning, presented the rule change to the chamber during an organizational meeting in which senators chose chttps://www.yahoo.com/news/arkansas-senate-majority-bans-minority-023840858.htmlommittee assignments.

The GOP holds a 29-6 supermajority in the Senate, which will remain the same in January when new and reelected members are sworn in. With all 35 members present, 20 Republicans voted for the rule while three Republicans and all six Democrats voted against it. The remaining six Republicans did not vote.

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