Arkansas House of Representatives

Arkansas House of Representatives
94th Arkansas General Assembly
Seal
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	16 Years (both houses)
History
Founded	January 30, 1836 (1836-01-30)
New session started	January 9, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Matthew Shepherd (R) since June 15, 2018
Speaker pro tempore	Jon Eubanks (R) since January 12, 2015
Majority Leader	Marcus Richmond (R) since January 9, 2023
Minority Leader	Tippi McCullough (D) since January 11, 2021
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Majority   Republican (82) Minority   Democratic (18)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article 8, Section 2, Arkansas Constitution
Salary	$39,399.84/year + per diem
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	November 8, 2022 (100 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024 (100 seats)
Redistricting	Arkansas Board of Apportionment
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Arkansas State Capitol Little Rock, Arkansas
Website
Arkansas House of Representatives

The Arkansas State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Arkansas. The House is composed of 100 members elected from an equal amount of constituencies across the state. Each district has an average population of 29,159 according to the 2010 federal census. Members are elected to two-year terms and, since the 2014 Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution, limited to sixteen years cumulative in either house.^[1]

The Arkansas House of Representatives meets annually, in regular session in odd number years and for a fiscal session in even number years, at the State Capitol in Little Rock.^[2]