# Chad Puryear

Chad Puryear is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 25
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/53cecb4b-96b5-4cbe-bc72-6eab07cbdeea

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53cecb4b-96b5-4cbe-bc72-6eab07cbdeea (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

Puryear has served since 2023.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.03), from 66 donors and 292 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 42. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 57 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1024: TO RECOGNIZE THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ELKS AS THE 2025 CLASS 4A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1024/
- HR 1023: TO CONGRATULATE MR. JUSTIN TATE ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1023/
- HB 1924: TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION ESTABLISH RULES REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEKS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1924/
- SB 574: TO REQUIRE A MUNICIPALITY THAT OPERATES A WATERWORKS SYSTEM OR SEWAGE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO COUNTY PROPERTY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB574/
- SB 571: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ZONING REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY FROM ENFORCING BUILDINGS AND ZONING REGULATIONS ON… (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB571/
- HB 1682: TO CREATE THE GOOD NEIGHBOR ACT; AND TO CLARIFY FOOD DONATION LIABILITY AND IMMUNITY. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1682/
- SB 317: TO PROHIBIT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITH A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB317/
- HB 1448: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL PLANNING AREAS; AND TO REQUIRE NOTICE AND COMPENSATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1448/
- HB 1007: TO REGULATE LIABILITY FOR SHOOTING SPORTS EVENTS; AND TO PROVIDE IMMUNITY TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPECT TO SHOOTING SPORTS EVENTS. (became law, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1007/
- HB 1662: TO EXEMPT THE SALE OF VETERINARY DRUGS AND MEDICINE IF BASED ON A PRESCRIPTION OF A LICENSED VETERINARIAN FROM THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A PHARMACIST AND… (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1662/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.8K (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/25
- Campaign site: https://www.chadpuryear.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PuryearForArkansas/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-puryear-cfa-0033b146/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/53cecb4b-96b5-4cbe-bc72-6eab07cbdeea