# Shad Pearce

Shad Pearce is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 40.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4f64d1ad-6e2b-443d-b8cb-64164febff31

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f64d1ad-6e2b-443d-b8cb-64164febff31 (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

Pearce sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.03), from 146 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 37. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 65 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1037: TO PROCLAIM APRIL 21, 2026, AS ARKANSAS LINEWORKER APPRECIATION DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND TO COMMEND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE ARKANSAS AS UTILITY… (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1037/
- HR 1106: TO RECOGNIZE ARKANSAS STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION GAME WARDEN BRADY SMITH AS THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION'S WILDLIFE OFFICER OF THE YEAR. (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1106/
- HR 1105: TO PROCLAIM APRIL 9, 2025, AS ARKANSAS LINEWORKER APPRECIATION DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL AND TO COMMEND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE ARKANSAS AS UTILITY… (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1105/
- HB 1886: TO DESIGNATE THE LABRADOR RETRIEVER AS THE OFFICIAL CANINE OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1886/
- HB 1887: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATEWIDE CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAMS. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1887/
- HB 1813: TO AMEND THE LAW TO SUBSTITUTE "GAME WARDEN" FOR "WILDLIFE OFFICER". (became law, 2023-04-13) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1813/
- SB 528: TO PROHIBIT A LOAN OR FINANCING AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT; TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION OF THE SALE OF A DOG OR CAT; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR… (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB528/
- SB 525: CONCERNING VENOUS BLOOD DRAWS IN CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE; TO ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR WHO CAN PERFORM VENOUS BLOOD DRAWS; AND TO… (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB525/
- SB 524: TO CLARIFY NONCRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUESTS SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE. (became law, 2023-04-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB524/
- SB 526: CONCERNING THE TAKING OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY; AND TO CLARIFY THE RETENTION OF A DNA SAMPLE FOR A PERSON ARRESTED FOR A FELONY. (became law, 2023-04-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB526/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $56.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/40
- Campaign site: https://www.shadforarkansas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShadPearce.District40

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4f64d1ad-6e2b-443d-b8cb-64164febff31