Rick McClure
Republican · AR · AR State Representative
Rick McClure serves in the Arkansas House and lives in Malvern. Now in his third term, he sits on the House revenue and taxation committee.
Where Rick McClure stands, based on their records
Supports
Cost of Living Reduction (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Opposes
Immigration (2 records), Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record), Data Privacy (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 1 oppose), Corporate Accountability (1 support · 1 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
Voted to pass House Bill 1627, which makes property tax bills tell taxpayers about relief for older and disabled homeowners. The Arkansas House passed it 58-17 and it became Act 877 of 2025.
April 8, 2025Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 2 oppose
Voted to pass House Bill 1974, which tells government employers to check new hires through E-Verify. The Arkansas House passed it 76-20 and it became Act 948 of 2025.
April 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 426, the Defense Against Criminal Illegals Act, which adds prison time for violent crimes by people here illegally. The Arkansas House passed it 73-20 and it became Act 654 of 2025.
April 9, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 1 oppose
Co-sponsored a state law cutting funding to Arkansas public colleges that host Confucius Institutes, and barring those colleges and state pensions from investing in Chinese funds (House Bill 1352, Act 937).
April 21, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1681, which became Act 812 and established the Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grant Program.
April 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 406, which bars recording a deed unless the person giving up the land shows photo ID. The Arkansas House passed it 51-31 and it became Act 752 of 2025.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1489, which became Act 302 and amended the method of execution to include nitrogen gas.
March 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Also on this bill
- March 4, 2025 · Voted to pass House Bill 1489, which lets Arkansas carry out a death sentence with nitrogen gas as well as lethal injection. The Arkansas House passed it 67-23 and it became Act 302 of 2025. (General)
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1103, which became Act 174 and increased the homestead property-tax credit.
May 1, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1732, which became Act 878 and increased the income-tax deduction for teachers' classroom investments.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Co-sponsored House Bill 1512, signed as Act 341 in March 2025. The Arkansas ACCESS Act reworked higher education: it created a Council on Postsecondary Education and Career Readiness, expanded college-credit courses for high schoolers, limited diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and added review of tenured faculty.
March 18, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights
Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose
Voted to pass Senate Bill 591, a standby law barring abortions sought because of the race of the fetus, not yet in force. The Arkansas House passed it 63-17 and it became Act 973 of 2025.
April 16, 2025Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 6 support
Voted to pass Senate Bill 551, which adds fraud warnings and ID checks to petitions for local votes on alcohol sales. The Arkansas House passed it 71-20 and it became Act 764 of 2025.
April 14, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 584, which applies statewide ballot petition rules to county and city petitions. The Arkansas House passed it 73-20 and it became Act 768 of 2025.
April 14, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass House Bill 1713, which bars ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. The Arkansas House passed it 60-23 and it became Act 602 of 2025.
March 18, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 208, which makes petition canvassers check a signer's photo ID before taking their name. The Arkansas House passed it 70-24 and it became Act 240 of 2025.
February 25, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 207, which makes petition canvassers warn each signer out loud that petition fraud is a crime. The Arkansas House passed it 67-26 and it became Act 218 of 2025.
February 24, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com
Lead sponsor of a 2023 Arkansas law creating the Voter Registration and Secure Voter Records Act, which changed voter registration rules under Amendment 51 of the state constitution and revised the Secretary of State duties over voter records (House Bill 1407, Act 441).
April 4, 2023Supports Election Integrity
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Limit Foreign Influence
Limit Foreign Influence · 1 support
Co-sponsored a state law cutting funding to Arkansas public colleges that host Confucius Institutes, and barring those colleges and state pensions from investing in Chinese funds (House Bill 1352, Act 937).
April 21, 2025Supports Limit Foreign Influence
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1732, which became Act 878 and increased the income-tax deduction for teachers' classroom investments.
April 17, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Co-sponsored a law that cut Arkansas income tax rates for individuals and businesses, added a tax credit for lower-income filers, and renamed the Long Term Reserve Fund the Catastrophic Reserve Fund (House Bill 1001, Act 1 of 2021).
December 9, 2021Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 2 oppose
Voted to pass House Bill 1866, Eli's Law, which requires audio recording devices in every school locker room from the 2027-2028 school year. The Arkansas House passed it 71-21 and it became Act 908 of 2025.
April 14, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 446, which lets private landowners and businesses use automatic license plate readers. The Arkansas House passed it 56-27 and it became Act 668 of 2025.
April 9, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 oppose
Voted to pass Senate Bill 486, which defines sex by biology and requires shared restrooms and sleeping rooms to be set aside for one sex. The Arkansas House passed it 60-22 and it became Act 955 of 2025.
April 16, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 433, which requires a Ten Commandments poster in every public classroom, library and tax-funded building. The Arkansas House passed it 71-20 and it became Act 573 of 2025.
April 7, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass House Bill 1365, which strips race and sex requirements from the membership of about twenty state boards. The Arkansas House passed it 60-24 and it became Act 938 of 2025.
April 3, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 296, which requires the county clerk's early voting site to sit in the county seat. The Arkansas House passed it 72-21 and it became Act 282 of 2025.
March 10, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support · 1 oppose
Voted to pass Senate Bill 364, which lets an unlicensed contractor sue a customer for the value of the work after paying fines. The Arkansas House passed it 66-23 and it became Act 750 of 2025.
April 14, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1558, which became Act 392 and created property-management broker and associate licenses.
March 25, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1681, which became Act 812 and established the Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grant Program.
April 17, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1685, which became Act 1008 and created the Grocery Tax Relief Act and exempted groceries from state sales and use taxes.
April 22, 2025
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us
Voted to pass Senate Joint Resolution 15, a proposed constitutional amendment letting lawmakers create economic development districts with public loans. The Arkansas House adopted it 74-21. Both chambers agreed, so it goes on the November 2026 ballot.
April 16, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 640, which ends the terms of every State Library Board member and lets the Governor appoint replacements. The Arkansas House passed it 60-29 and it became Act 903 of 2025.
April 15, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 520, which bars counties, cities and towns from running a diversity, equity and inclusion program. The Arkansas House passed it 68-22 and it became Act 747 of 2025.
April 14, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass House Bill 1945, which lets students transfer to another public school inside their own district. The Arkansas House passed it 59-30 and it became Act 913 of 2025.
April 9, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted against passing House Bill 1965, which sets up grants and loans to help food shops open where fresh food is hard to buy. The Arkansas House passed it 58-28 and it became Act 870 of 2025.
April 7, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass House Bill 1489, which lets Arkansas carry out a death sentence with nitrogen gas as well as lethal injection. The Arkansas House passed it 67-23 and it became Act 302 of 2025.
March 4, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Also on this bill
- March 18, 2025 · Co-sponsored Arkansas House Bill 1489, which became Act 302 and amended the method of execution to include nitrogen gas. (Supports Public Safety and Crime Control)
Voted to pass House Bill 1222, which lets the Attorney General reject a ballot measure that clashes with federal law. The Arkansas House passed it 62-30 and it became Act 154 of 2025.
February 10, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Voted to pass Senate Bill 3, which bars state and local government from treating anyone better or worse because of race, sex or ethnicity. The Arkansas House passed it 65-27 and it became Act 116 of 2025.
February 6, 2025
Source: legiscan.com
Past race Rick McClure ran in:
- State Representative · November 3, 2026 · State House District 29; Arkansas · incumbent