# Stephen Meeks

Stephen Meeks is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 42
- Serving since: 2011-01-10
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8b64758a-b71a-4bb4-ad5d-d4ea812ebf58

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b64758a-b71a-4bb4-ad5d-d4ea812ebf58 (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

Meeks sits at +0.09 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State House Republicans.

## What Meeks says (AR 2025–26 session)

12 classified statements: 12 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Meeks | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.3% | 9.3% | 326 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 16.7% | 31.9% | 623 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.3% | 12.7% | 440 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 50% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 25 donors and 820 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 23. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 57 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1956: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS NIGHTTIME ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1956/
- HB 1955: TO REPEAL THE SHIELDED OUTDOOR LIGHTING ACT. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1955/
- 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/
- SB 547: TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A HOMESCHOOLED STUDENT LIVE WITHIN A CERTAIN RADIUS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR PURPOSES OF PARTICIPATING IN AN EXTRACURRICULAR… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB547/
- HB 1877: CONCERNING CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE A COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1877/
- HB 1846: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS 2036 COMMISSION. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1846/
- HB 1660: TO AMEND THE HORIZONTAL PROPERTY ACT; TO REGULATE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS; AND TO REQUIRE AN AUDIT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1660/
- HB 1659: TO AMEND THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE; AND TO CLARIFY THE PRIORITY AMONG SECURITY INTERESTS AND ENTITLEMENT HOLDERS UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1659/
- HB 1666: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SELF-FUNDED CYBER RESPONSE PROGRAM. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1666/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.8K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2030651780120694880
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2030652596038615488
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2019136084001910843
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2019136084027064675
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2019136084039663994
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2019136084056420775
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/2019136084073148923
- 2025-12-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/1997013159899811919
- 2025-03-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/1900743443695186309
- 2025-03-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks/status/1896623857160884275

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/42
- Campaign site: https://stephenmeeks.org/
- X: https://x.com/RepStephenMeeks
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepStephenMeeks/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8b64758a-b71a-4bb4-ad5d-d4ea812ebf58