# Jane English

Jane English is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/627a5f2e-efc6-4084-982e-b165a79c8e21

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/627a5f2e-efc6-4084-982e-b165a79c8e21 (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

79% of the 33 bills English sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Arkansas Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.02), from 57 donors and 791 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 30 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 38. 78.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 3 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 598: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB598/
- HB 1958: TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CREATE A POLICY CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1958/
- HB 1957: TO AMEND THE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MAIL PREVENTION ACT TO INCLUDE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT TEXT MESSAGES. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1957/
- HB 1941: CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1941/
- HB 1938: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1938/
- HB 1903: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH FLEXIBILITY REGARDING ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1903/
- HB 1939: TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; AND TO AMEND SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1939/
- SB 560: TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB560/
- SB 559: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS MILITARY CHILD SCHOOL TRANSITIONS ACT OF 2021. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB559/
- HB 1864: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN STUDENT INSTRUCTION; AND TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED FLEXIBLE SCHOOL CALENDAR SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC… (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1864/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $112.4K (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/jane-english/
- X: https://x.com/JaneEnglish2020
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jane.english.18
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJaneEnglish/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-english-a6448810/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/627a5f2e-efc6-4084-982e-b165a79c8e21