# Scott Richardson

Scott Richardson is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 13
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/302953f6-213a-4bca-94a6-08a36b801d6c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/302953f6-213a-4bca-94a6-08a36b801d6c (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

63% of Richardson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## What Richardson says (AR 2025–26 session)

4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Richardson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 25.0% | 9.3% | 65 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 25.0% | 31.9% | 486 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 100% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.03), from 35 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 49. 53.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 49 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1099: TO RECOGNIZE THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY ROBOTICS CLUB FOR WINNING THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION AND INNOVATE AWARDS AT THE 2025 TEXAS STATE VEX U TOURNAMENT. (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1099/
- HB 1876: REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1876/
- SB 451: TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH REGIONAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE… (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB451/
- SB 431: TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; TO ELIMINATE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES; TO CREATE SAFE HARBORS FOR VICTIMS; AND TO PROHIBIT… (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB431/
- HR 1055: TO RECOGNIZE MISS AMERICA'S TEEN 2025 PEYTON BOLLING. (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1055/
- HB 1557: TO AMEND THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCERNING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. (became law, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1557/
- HB 1549: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2025. (became law, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1549/
- HR 1050: TO RECOGNIZE OPEN AVENUES ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY FOR ITS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1050/
- HJR 1012: AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO REPEAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE REAPPRAISAL AND REASSESSMENT OF REAL PROPERTY; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HJR1012/
- HB 1219: TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT EMPLOY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO PROVIDE BODY-WORN CAMERAS; AND TO REQUIRE THE RECORDING OF LAW… (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1219/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 63% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-04-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/rscottrichardso/status/1917211813071953961
- 2025-03-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/rscottrichardso/status/1903821908182737359
- 2025-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/rscottrichardso/status/1902192642311516225
- 2025-01-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/rscottrichardso/status/1879600665082880237

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/13
- X: https://x.com/rscottrichardso
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rscottrichardso/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/r.scott.richardson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rscottrichardson1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/302953f6-213a-4bca-94a6-08a36b801d6c