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- The General Assembly convenes on the second Monday of every year. In odd-numbered years it may consider any bill or resolution; in even-numbered years it may only consider appropriations bills. A session lasts for 60 days unless the legislature votes to extend it.
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Originally, legislators met biennially, but today meet annually. [3] In 1922, Frances Hunt became the first woman elected to a seat in the General Assembly when she was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives. [4]
Aug 14, 2024 · Under the constitution of 1868, the Arkansas General Assembly met on the first Monday of January in odd-numbered years. Members of the state House of Representatives had to be at least twenty-one years of age, and their Senate counterparts had to be twenty-five.
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The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower houseof the Arkansas General Assembly. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. As of the 2020 Census, Arkansas state representatives represented an average of 30,138 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 29,262 reside...
Article V of the Arkansas Constitutionestablishes when the General Assembly is to convene. Section 5 of Article V establishes the beginning date for regular sessions, but this date has been changed by law (as Section 5 allows). Under the law, the Arkansas legislature convenes its regular session on the second Monday in January of every odd numbered...
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1. 1.1. See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
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1. 1.1. See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election Arkansas legislators assume office on the second Monday of January following their election.
The following is a list of legislative terms of the Arkansas General Assembly, the law-making branch of government of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Arkansas became part of the United States on June 15, 1836.
The General Assembly meets in a fiscal session at 12:00 noon on the second Monday in February in years in which the preferential primary election is held in May and on the second Wednesday in April in years in which the preferential primary election is held in March.
Jul 28, 2023 · In 1836, the state constitutional convention drafted a document to qualify Arkansas for statehood; this first constitution was brief, flexible, general in language, and relatively lenient in terms of power. In 1861, the state needed a new constitution as it left the Union.
The first constitution was ratified on January 30, 1836, and the current constitution was adopted in 1874. The constitution has also been amended throughout the state's history since 1874. Originally, legislators met biennially, but today meet annually.
