# Mark Perry

Mark Perry is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House for district 66.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 66
- Serving since: 2009-01-12
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b44cfe9-fb9b-4c18-ba6e-34cf679ac3ef

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b44cfe9-fb9b-4c18-ba6e-34cf679ac3ef (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

Perry sits at −0.08 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.08 (standard error 0.01), from 17 donors and 827 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 33. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 8 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1968: TO REQUIRE THE COLLECTION OF SALES TAX AT THE POINT OF SALE FOR THE SALE OF A NEW OR USED MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER, OR SEMITRAILER BY A DEALER; AND TO AMEND LAW… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1968/
- SB 546: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TRUST FUND CONTRIBUTION FEE FOR WATER PERMITS RELATED TO NONMUNICIPAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB546/
- HB 1815: TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1815/
- HB 1771: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURES TO POLICYHOLDERS; AND TO REQUIRE MONTHLY REPORTING BY INSURERS. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1771/
- SB 157: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB157/
- HB 1157: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1157/
- HB 1158: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION OF A DISTRIBUTION OPTION UNDER THE TEACHER DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1158/
- HB 1817: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELIGIBILITY OF A PERSON TO FILE, RUN, OR HOLD OFFICE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF… (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1817/
- HB 1714: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CERTAIN PERMITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO CERTAIN DISTILLERS,… (became law, 2023-04-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1714/
- HB 1713: TO AMEND THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM. (became law, 2023-04-13) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1713/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/66
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.perry.31337
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReElectPerry
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-perry-b0b043214/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b44cfe9-fb9b-4c18-ba6e-34cf679ac3ef