# Josh Bryant

Josh Bryant is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0045c85-0471-4128-ba41-0454ff1470e6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0045c85-0471-4128-ba41-0454ff1470e6 (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

76% of Bryant’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.04), from 61 donors and 288 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 76 bills: 76 reached committee, 57 passed one chamber, 53 passed both, 52 became law. Cosponsored 54. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 6 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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/
- SB 633: TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SET-ASIDE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE SECURITIES RESERVE FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB633/
- HB 1951: TO SET FORTH AUTHORIZED DOMAIN EXTENSIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT WEBSITES. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1951/
- HB 1926: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR NONRENEWAL OF A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY A COURT-ORDERED FINE; AND TO AMEND THE… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1926/
- HB 1905: TO CREATE THE BUYER BEWARE ACT; AND TO REQUIRE A REAL ESTATE LICENSEE REPRESENTING A SELLER TO DIRECT THE SELLER TO THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR THE… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1905/
- HB 1911: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPERTY TAX; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY SUBJECT TO… (in committee, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1911/
- HB 1912: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "ASSESSED VALUE" FOR PURPOSES OF THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY; AND TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OR PROCEDURE FOR THE VALUATION OF PROPERTY… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1912/
- HB 1889: TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS ON ACCESS TO A DISPENSARY OR CULTIVATION FACILITY; AND TO AUTHORIZE A DISPENSARY TO DELIVER ORDERS VIA A DELIVERY VEHICLE OR VIA A… (passed both chambers, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1889/
- HB 1877: CONCERNING CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE A COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1877/
- HB 1876: REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1876/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $66.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/joshua-bryant/
- Campaign site: https://www.bryantforarkansas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BryantForArkansas/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JPBryantForJP/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bryantforarkansas6217

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0045c85-0471-4128-ba41-0454ff1470e6