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.