# Steve Magie

Steve Magie is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House for district 56.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 56
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d7828297-0ad0-491b-88a6-93369de7acca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7828297-0ad0-491b-88a6-93369de7acca (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

Magie sits at −0.16 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 222 donors and 790 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 24.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1062: CONGRATULATING SHERRY BARNARD, R.N., UPON HER RETIREMENT, AND TO RECOGNIZE HER FIFTY-SIX YEARS OF SERVICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE. (introduced, 2024-05-02) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1062/
- HR 1063: CONGRATULATING BRENDA HUETT, R.N., UPON HER RETIREMENT AND COMMENDING HER FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS A REGISTERED NURSE. (introduced, 2024-05-02) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1063/
- HB 1629: TO AMEND THE RABIES CONTROL ACT RELATED TO THE CONFINEMENT OF AN ANIMAL WHEN A PERSON IS BITTEN TO ALLOW AN OWNER TO CONFINE AN ANIMAL WHO HAS RECEIVED A… (became law, 2023-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1629/
- HB 1450: TO REQUIRE A HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS OF… (became law, 2021-03-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HB1450/
- HB 1401: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION COUNCILS. (became law, 2019-03-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1401/
- HB 1269: TO ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT SUBSTITUTIONS. (became law, 2019-04-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1269/
- HB 1254: TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING" TO INCLUDE THE PREPARATION AND DISPENSING OF CONTACT LENSES. (in committee, 2019-04-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1254/
- HB 1253: TO AUTHORIZE A LICENSED DISPENSING OPTICIAN TO REFRACT EYES AND DISPENSE EYEGLASSES IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS. (in committee, 2019-04-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1253/
- HB 1252: TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT ACT; AND TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSURE OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS. (in committee, 2019-04-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1252/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/56
- X: https://x.com/stevemagie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stevemagie
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steve_magie/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7828297-0ad0-491b-88a6-93369de7acca