# Johnny Rye

Johnny Rye is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 36
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3ce18467-b330-4d64-98d6-79c31414e7ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ce18467-b330-4d64-98d6-79c31414e7ca (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

Rye sits at +0.09 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 33 donors and 888 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 50. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 57 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1110: TO RECOGNIZE WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT JAMES R. HENDRIX OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1110/
- HR 1111: TO RECOGNIZE APRIL 7, 2025, AS THE DAY OF LOVE IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1111/
- HMR 1011: TO REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE AND NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION STAR OLIVER "BIG O" MILLER FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR HIS… (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HMR1011/
- SB 592: TO REQUIRE A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION TO RENEW CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AT THE HIGHEST INTEREST RATE CLOSEST TO THE TERM OF THE PREVIOUS CERTIFICATE OF… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB592/
- SB 440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB440/
- SB 397: TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RAIL EMPLOYEES IN REPORTS INVOLVING RAILROAD FATALITIES. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB397/
- SB 295: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING APPROPRIATION FOR ELECTION EXPENSES; AND TO ALLOW COMPENSATION FOR A CERTIFIED ELECTION MONITOR AS AN ELECTION EXPENSE. (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB295/
- SB 273: TO REQUIRE DIALYSIS CENTERS TO HAVE A BACKUP GENERATOR ON SITE. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB273/
- HB 1556: TO AMEND ARKANSAS MUSIC APPRECIATION DAY; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE ON WHICH ARKANSAS MUSIC APPRECIATION DAY IS CELEBRATED. (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1556/
- HB 1368: TO AMEND THE LIST OF MUSICIANS HONORED ON ARKANSAS MUSIC APPRECIATION DAY. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1368/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/36
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.rye.5209/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Johnny-Rye-for-State-Representative-100058104337901/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-rye-116b20110/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3ce18467-b330-4d64-98d6-79c31414e7ca