# Howard Beaty

Howard Beaty is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 95.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 95
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/95d21faa-0431-4285-8cee-36fc918959b6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/95d21faa-0431-4285-8cee-36fc918959b6 (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

86% of Beaty’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Beaty | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 100.0% | 2.9% | 1 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 156 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 59 bills: 58 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 34 passed both, 34 became law. Cosponsored 52. 57.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 44 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1015: TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL CONCERNING THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES EXPANSION ACT. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1015/
- SB 647: TO CREATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ACT OF 2025. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB647/
- SB 640: TO RECONSTITUTE THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB640/
- HR 1114: REQUESTING THAT SENATOR DISMANG BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 15 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (introduced, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1114/
- HR 1109: TO URGE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1109/
- SB 620: TO PROVIDE A SAFETY VALVE AND APPEAL RIGHT FOR A MINOR DEFENDANT WHO IS ALSO A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; AND TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013. (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB620/
- HB 1971: TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE INFORMATION THAT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO A CITY OR COUNTY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1971/
- HB 1970: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PREPAYMENT OF SALES TAX; AND TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD FOR RETAILERS WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PREPAY SALES TAX. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1970/
- HR 1104: TO HONOR LARRY WALTHER FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1104/
- HB 1925: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTER STATEMENT; AND TO REQUIRE A WITNESS FOR THE SIGNATURE OF AN ABSENTEE… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1925/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% 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.

- 2026-01-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/HBEATYJR/status/2014749544278290900

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/95
- Campaign site: https://beatyforarkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/HBEATYJR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beatyforrep/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beatyforrep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/95d21faa-0431-4285-8cee-36fc918959b6