# John Maddox

John Maddox is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 86.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 86
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/240d9f6e-15f1-41eb-acbb-733861936e5b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/240d9f6e-15f1-41eb-acbb-733861936e5b (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Maddox sits at +0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.04 (standard error 0.02), from 10 donors and 836 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.6% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 42. 93.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 5 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1981: TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "OUTDOOR RECREATION OPERATOR" AND "TRAMWAY OPERATOR UNDER THE LAW CONCERNING RECREATIONAL TRAMWAYS". (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1981/
- HB 1923: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NATURAL STATE INITIATIVE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1923/
- HB 1922: TO AMEND THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003; TO CREATE AN INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR RELOCATING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO THIS STATE; AND TO ENCOURAGE… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1922/
- SB 565: TO ALLOW PROCUREMENT CERTIFICATIONS TO BE COMBINED; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REPRESENTATION IN STATE CONTRACTS REGARDING CONTINGENT FEES; AND TO AMEND… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB565/
- SB 483: TO REPEAL CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE SECURITIES DEPARTMENT; AND TO REVISE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB483/
- HB 1752: TO EXEMPT CERTAIN SAVINGS PLANS FROM THE EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1752/
- SB 417: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION. (became law, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB417/
- SB 405: TO AMEND THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE CONSUMER INFORM ACT. (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB405/
- SB 392: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB392/
- SB 358: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB358/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 35% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/86
- X: https://x.com/JohnmaddoxJohn

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/240d9f6e-15f1-41eb-acbb-733861936e5b