# Terry Rice

Terry Rice is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/65d8b209-ce03-403c-8437-7c4d7a2e7185

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/65d8b209-ce03-403c-8437-7c4d7a2e7185 (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

42% of Rice’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 37 donors and 780 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 4 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 27. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 16 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 36: TO HONOR MISS ARKANSAS 2025 KENNEDY HOLLAND. (introduced, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/SR36/
- SMR 1: IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY. (introduced, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/SMR1/
- HB 1995: TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN PERRY COUNTY. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1995/
- SB 298: TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING THE SETTING ASIDE OF A DECREE TO QUIET TITLE TO LAND TO ALLOW FOR FINALITY IN QUIET TITLE ACTIONS. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB298/
- HB 1418: TO PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF KNIVES OR KNIFE-MAKING COMPONENTS. (became law, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1418/
- SB 168: TO ESTABLISH A STATE EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB168/
- 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 1515: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETAIL WATER PROVIDERS AND RELATED SERVICE. (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1515/
- HB 1402: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; TO ALLOW ONLINE AND ELECTRONIC COMPLAINTS; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF… (passed one chamber, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1402/
- SCR 6: TO RECOGNIZE ONE HUNDRED (100) YEARS OF ARKANSAS STATE PARKS AND PROCLAIM 2023 AS ARKANSAS STATE PARKS CENTENNIAL YEAR. (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SCR6/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.2K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 42% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/terry-rice/
- X: https://x.com/TerryRice6
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terry.rice.7906
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TerryRiceAR/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/65d8b209-ce03-403c-8437-7c4d7a2e7185