# Bart Schulz

Bart Schulz is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 28
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4f5cafe6-850c-42b3-8a75-cd13c8871baf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f5cafe6-850c-42b3-8a75-cd13c8871baf (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

78% of Schulz’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.03), from 70 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 27. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 27 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1103: TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HB1103/
- HR 1006: TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1006/
- HR 1108: TO HONOR UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE BASKETBALL SCORING STAR IZZY HIGGINBOTTOM. (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1108/
- HB 1949: TO ADD MEDICAL, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, AND AMBULANCE SERVICES TO THE LIST OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF PROCUREMENT. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1949/
- SB 580: TO EXTEND FINANCING FOR PURCHASES OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT FOR A RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB580/
- HR 1075: TO DESIGNATE MARCH 12, 2025, AS STARS OF LIFE DAY AND TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROFESSIONALS. (in committee, 2025-03-31) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1075/
- HB 1725: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1725/
- SB 338: TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENT FARMERS; AND TO PROVIDE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO BE USED IN… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB338/
- HB 1589: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ANNUAL COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1589/
- SB 263: TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB263/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=Schulz&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1
- Campaign site: https://bartschulz.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bart.schulz.1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bartschulz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-schulz-a65771108/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f5cafe6-850c-42b3-8a75-cd13c8871baf