# Jimmy Gazaway

Jimmy Gazaway is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 31
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5b260e70-f46b-4d1f-83d9-bd242c11a645

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5b260e70-f46b-4d1f-83d9-bd242c11a645 (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

Gazaway sits at 0.00 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score 0.00 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 798 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.9% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 58 bills: 58 reached committee, 50 passed one chamber, 49 passed both, 49 became law. Cosponsored 34. 86.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 7 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1978: TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP TO THE SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1978/
- SB 614: TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS. (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB614/
- HB 1980: TO CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE LOGISTICS ACT (TESLA); AND TO ADD ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS TO THE DEFINITION OF "CRITICAL… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1980/
- HMR 1010: TO REMEMBER ATTORNEY ROGER COLBERT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF PARAGOULD AND GREENE COUNTY, THE GREENE-CLAY BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE ARKANSAS BAR… (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HMR1010/
- HB 1979: AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW WARRANTLESS SEARCHES BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A PERSON PLACED ON SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE; AND FOR OTHER… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1979/
- SB 600: TO REGULATE CONTRACTS; TO MANDATE CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS; AND TO CLARIFY PROPER JURISDICTION FOR CERTAIN CONTACTS. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB600/
- SB 587: TO CREATE THE PARENTS' PEACE OF MIND ACT; TO ESTABLISH AUTHORIZATION FOR AND USE OF A MONITORING DEVICE IN A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY; TO PROVIDE FOR WAIVERS;… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB587/
- SB 586: TO CREATE THE "PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION ACT"; AND AMENDING A PORTION OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 5, § 1. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB586/
- SB 555: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF VIDEO VOYEURISM; TO EXTEND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THE OFFENSE OF VIDEO VOYEURISM; AND TO MAKE AN ORDER OF… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB555/
- SB 544: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB544/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 20% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/31
- Campaign site: https://www.jimmygazaway.com/
- X: https://x.com/jimmygazaway
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JimmyGazawayAR
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmygazaway/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-gazaway-061529124/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5b260e70-f46b-4d1f-83d9-bd242c11a645