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House Bill 1883, the Working Animal Protection Act, seeks to protect use of working animals in human service and animal enterprise.  HB 1883 has passed in House committee, and will next be voted on by the full House.  A House vote could be held as early as Monday, April 19, 2021.

Owners, handlers, and exhibitors of working and competition animals are urged to immediately contact state Representatives and respectfully ask them to vote YES on HB 1883.  Email messages can be left over the weekend.  Please scroll down for contact information.

Among other provisions, HB 1883 would guarantee the right to utilize a working animal.  It also would state that an ordinance or resolution shall not be enacted by a municipality that terminates, bans, or creates an undue hardship relating to the job or use of a working animal or animal enterprise in commerce, service, legal hunting, agriculture, husbandry, transportation, ranching, entertainment, education, or exhibition.

The bill would not alter or restrict state or municipal laws regarding animal care, public health, public safety, cruelty laws, or zoning provisions. Certain production livestock are excluded.

Contact Information for Arkansas Representatives:

To find out who represents you, visit https://www.akcgr.org, scroll down to “Find Officials,” and enter your address.

The capitol phone number for all Representatives is (501) 682-7771.  Additional phone numbers are available for some Representatives at https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/List.

Rep. Fred Allen fredallen99@comcast.net

Rep. Sonia Barker sonia.barker@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Howard Beaty howard.beaty@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Rick Beck rick.beck@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Mary Bentley mary.bentley@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Stan Berry stan.berry@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Mark Berry mark.berry@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Justin Boyd justin.boyd.pharm.d@gmail.com

Rep. Ken Bragg kenwbragg@gmail.com

Rep. Harlan Breaux harlan.breaux@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Keith Brooks keith.brooks@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Karilyn Brown karilyn.brown@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Joshua Bryant joshua.bryant@arkansashouse.org

Rep. John Carr john.carr@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Frances Cavenaugh frances.cavenaugh@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Craig Christiansen craigchristiansendistrict47@gmail.com

Rep. Joe Cloud joe.cloud@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Nicole Clowney nicole.clowney@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Bruce Coleman bruce.coleman@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Andrew Collins andrew.collins@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Cameron Cooper cameron.cooper@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Bruce Cozart bccci@cablelynx.com

Rep. Cindy Crawford cindy.crawford@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Carol Dalby carol.dalby@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Marsh Davis marsh.davis@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Gary Deffenbaugh gary.deffenbaugh@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jim Dotson              jim.dotson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Les Eaves les.eaves@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Denise Ennett Denise.Ennett@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jon Eubanks jon.eubanks@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Brian Evans brian.evans@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Kenneth Ferguson kenneth.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Deborah Ferguson deborah.ferguson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. David Fielding david.fielding@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Charlene Fite charlene.fite@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Lanny Fite lanny.fite@att.net

Rep. Vivian Flowers vivian.flowers@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jack Fortner jack.fortner@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Tony Furman tony.furman@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Denise Garner denise.garner@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jimmy Gazaway jimmy.gazaway@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Megan Godfrey megan.godfrey@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Justin Gonzales justinrory@yahoo.com

Rep. Michelle Gray michelle.gray@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Delia Haak delia.haak@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Spencer Hawks spencer.hawks@arkansashouse.org

Rep. David Hillman david.hillman@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Monte Hodges monte.hodges@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Mike Holcomb mike.holcomb@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Steve Hollowell steve.hollowell@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Ashley Hudson ashley.hudson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Lane Jean l_jean@sbcglobal.net

Rep. Joe Jett joe.jett@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Lee Johnson lee.johnson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jack Ladyman jackladyman@gmail.com

Rep. Fredrick Love fjlove@att.net

Rep. Mark Lowery markdlowery@mac.com

Rep. Robin Lundstrum robin.lundstrum@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Roger Lynch roger.lynch@arkansashouse.org

Rep. John Maddox john.maddox@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Stephen Magie stephen.magie@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Julie Mayberry julie.mayberry@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Rick McClure rick.mcclure@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Austin McCollum austin.mccollum@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Tippi McCullough tippi.mccullough@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Mark McElroy mdmcelroy1@yahoo.com

Rep. Richard McGrew mcgrewrep22@gmail.com

Rep. Gayla McKenzie gayla.mckenzie@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Ron McNair rmcnair1950@gmail.com

Rep. Stephen Meeks stephen.meeks@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Josh Miller josh.miller@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jon Milligan jonmilligan@ymail.com

Rep. Reginald Murdock rkm_72360@yahoo.com

Rep. Milton Nicks milton.nicks@arkansashouse.org

Rep. John Payton john.payton@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Clint Penzo clint.penzo@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Mark Perry mperry@windstream.net

Rep. Aaron Pilkington aaron.pilkington@arkansashouse.org

Rep. David Ray david.ray@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jay Richardson jay.richardson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Marcus Richmond marcus.richmond@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Johnny Rye john.rye1956@gmail.com

Rep. Jamie Scott jamie.scott@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Matthew Shepherd matthew.shepherd@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Keith Slape keith.slape@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Brandt Smith brandt.smith@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Stu Smith stu22200@yahoo.com

Rep. Nelda Speaks nelda@neldaspeaks.com

Rep. Joy Springer joy.springer@arkansashouse.org

Rep. David Tollett david.tollett@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Dwight Tosh dwight.tosh@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Kendon Underwood kendon.underwood@arkansashouse.org

Rep. DeAnn Vaught deann.vaught@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Jeff Wardlaw jeff@jeffwardlaw.com

Rep. Les Warren les.warren@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Danny Watson danny.watson@arkansashouse.org

Rep. David Whitaker david.whitaker@arkansashouse.org

Rep. Carlton Wing carlton@carltonwing.com

Rep. Richard Womack richard@richardwomack.com

Rep. Jim Wooten wjewooten@aol.com

For additional information, please contact AKC Government Relations at 919-816-3720 or doglaw@akc.org.