# Rick Beck

Rick Beck is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 43
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5559a783-5b5f-4dc5-b800-4b9493b7148b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5559a783-5b5f-4dc5-b800-4b9493b7148b (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

Beck sits at +0.18 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.01), from 85 donors and 816 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 29. 57.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 46 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1900: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INFORMATION PROVIDED TO ROYALTY OWNERS RELATED TO DEDUCTIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE RELATED… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1900/
- HR 1098: TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE ENERGY COUNCIL ON THE OCCASION OF ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1098/
- SB 530: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WOOD ENERGY PRODUCTS AND FOREST MAINTENANCE INCOME TAX CREDIT. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB530/
- HB 1656: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1656/
- HB 1657: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WOOD ENERGY PRODUCTS AND FOREST MAINTENANCE INCOME TAX CREDIT. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1657/
- SB 297: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSING TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBERS; AND TO REQUIRE FILING OF THE ORDINANCE DESCRIBING THE ELECTION OF CITY COUNCIL… (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB297/
- HR 1054: TO WISH ELIZABETH "BETTY" KAUFMAN THINES A HAPPY 107TH BIRTHDAY AND TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HER SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1054/
- SB 521: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF PRODUCTION AND COST FOLLOWING AN… (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB521/
- SB 470: CONCERNING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB470/
- HB 1621: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "REVENUE" UNDER THE ARKANSAS SPEED TRAP LAW (became law, 2023-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1621/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/43
- Campaign site: http://www.rickbeck.org/
- X: https://x.com/RickBeck_65
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.beck.332
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DistrictFortyThree
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-beck-660b83b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5559a783-5b5f-4dc5-b800-4b9493b7148b