# Paul Childress

Paul Childress is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 83.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 83
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd307080-d45f-4c7b-8365-2c7386e0fc3a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd307080-d45f-4c7b-8365-2c7386e0fc3a (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

Childress has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.05), from 205 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 33. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 40 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1101: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND - R.I.S.E. ARKANSAS - MATH CURRICULUM GRANTS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HB1101/
- HB 1991: TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS RELATED TO A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1991/
- HR 1089: TO RECOGNIZE THE BENTON HIGH SCHOOL PANTHERS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1089/
- HB 1805: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "BULLYING"; AND TO CREATE A PROCESS WHEREBY A PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY CONDUCT MULTIPLE, SIMULTANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SAME… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1805/
- SB 454: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY FUNDS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY FUNDS; TO CREATE THE… (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB454/
- HB 1734: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH CERTIFICATES; AND TO CLARIFY THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY SIGN A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND PRONOUNCE DEATH OF A… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1734/
- SB 415: TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO MAINTAIN A DELINQUENT LIST OF BUSINESSES FAILING TO PAY A WHOLESALER OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR THE… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB415/
- HB 1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1686/
- HB 1570: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISPOSITION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS OF A DECEDENT. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1570/
- HB 1568: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND POSTMORTEM EXAMINATIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REQUIRING A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION WHEN A DEATH IS… (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1568/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $69.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/83
- Campaign site: https://www.childressforstaterep.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Paul-Childress-for-State-Representative-100094714418469/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-childress-951959b6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd307080-d45f-4c7b-8365-2c7386e0fc3a