Revival in the Arkansas House.
State Legislatures - Vol. 21 Nbr. 7, July 1995
McCord, Robert S.
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Many were surprised when a low-profile member of the Arkansas House succeeded in pushing for rule changes which would overhaul the whole General Assembly. Rep. Bobby L. Hogue, who had become House Speaker under Arkansas' seniority system, had quietly prodded colleagues from both parties to come up with the rule changes. Hogue's success has earned him the admiration of many and he was recently re-elected as Speaker, the first one to enjoy the honor since 1940.
Revival in the Arkansas House.
In the hands of a determined speaker, the specter of term limits in Arkansas has turned into a vision for change.
To everyone's amazement, the Arkansas House of Representatives has been reborn. It happened because of term limits and the frustrations of Representative Bobby L. Hogue of Jonesboro, a 56-year-old insurance man who served for 14 years without ever getting a seat on a key committee. And who, under Arkansas' seniority system, became speaker-designate because most other senior members had already been speaker. In 1993, the Arkansas General Assembly was the first to appoint committees to study what should be done to prepare inexperienced legislators to take over in 1999 when term limits, approved by the voters in 1992, fully kick in. No one really paid mu...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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