# Trey Steimel

Trey Steimel is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 2
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9d4e09cb-8d9f-4c8c-a8df-481af146436d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d4e09cb-8d9f-4c8c-a8df-481af146436d (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

Steimel sits at +0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.03), from 13 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 13% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 24. 63.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 32 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1811: TO AMEND PROPERTY AND CASUALTY LAW; AND TO REQUIRE REASONABLE PROOF OF PAYMENT OF A DEDUCTIBLE TO RECOUP RECOVERABLE DEPRECIATION UNDER PROPERTY AND CASUALTY… (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1811/
- HB 1606: TO ALLOW A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF A UTILITY TASK VEHICLE ON A DESIGNATED PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY WITHIN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S… (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1606/
- HB 1595: TO ENACT THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL OMNIBUS AMENDMENT OF ARKANSAS INSURANCE CODE. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1595/
- HB 1596: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN A HIGHWAY WORK ZONE; TO CREATE MOBILE WORK ZONES; AND ASSESS A FINE FOR A MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATION IN… (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1596/
- SB 276: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE; AND TO CLARIFY THAT SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE IS ACCEPTABLE COVERAGE FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MOTOR… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB276/
- HB 1525: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY; AND TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURAL IMPACT REMEDIATION AGREEMENTS. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1525/
- SB 254: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RURAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS; TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PROPERTY IN KIND"; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB254/
- SB 237: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE LICENSING AND REGULATION OF CAPTIVE INSURERS. (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB237/
- SB 236: TO AMEND THE INSURANCE HOLDING COMPANY REGULATORY ACT. (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB236/
- SB 218: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB218/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 75% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/2
- X: https://x.com/trey_steimel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/treysteimelforstaterep/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steimeltrey/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treysteimel/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trey-steimel-54245a106/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9d4e09cb-8d9f-4c8c-a8df-481af146436d