# Scott Flippo

Scott Flippo is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b61d9a4f-d5d1-43b4-84b2-91cb5741b153

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b61d9a4f-d5d1-43b4-84b2-91cb5741b153 (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

Flippo reported $2,500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 42 donors and 823 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 32. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 16 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 564: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BEER" TO CHANGE THE ALLOWABLE ALCOHOLIC CONTENT AND TO INCLUDE MALT BEVERAGES. (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB564/
- SB 565: TO ALLOW PROCUREMENT CERTIFICATIONS TO BE COMBINED; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REPRESENTATION IN STATE CONTRACTS REGARDING CONTINGENT FEES; AND TO AMEND… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB565/
- HB 1854: TO EXEMPT A HOME CAREGIVER FROM HOME CAREGIVER TRAINING IF HE OR SHE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TRAINING. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1854/
- HB 1593: CONCERNING THE REPORTS MADE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, DIVISION OF CORRECTION, AND DIVISION OF COMMUNITY… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1593/
- HB 1511: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S SUBPOENA POWER. (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1511/
- HB 1471: TO AMEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF ALL LICENSES OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1471/
- HB 1462: TO AUTHORIZE AN OWNER OF A PUBLIC WATERWORKS SYSTEM TO EXPEND PUBLIC FUNDS AND TO ISSUE BONDS TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF LEAD AND CERTAIN GALVANIZED… (in committee, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1462/
- HB 1439: TO REMOVE THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM LICENSURE AS A PRIVATE CARE AGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1439/
- HB 1310: TO AMEND THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE ACT; TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION FOR THE NEWBORN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD INITIATIVE; AND TO DECLARE… (became law, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1310/
- HB 1276: CONCERNING SPOUSAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1276/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/scott-flippo/
- Campaign site: https://flippoforarkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/ScottFlippo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Flippo4ARSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottflippo29/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottflippo4792
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-flippo-413892119/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b61d9a4f-d5d1-43b4-84b2-91cb5741b153