David Ray
Republican • 40th District 93rd General Assembly- Party
- Republican
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Rep. David Ray is serving his first term in the Arkansas House. He represents District 40 which includes portions of Pulaski and Faulkner Counties.
For the 93rd General Assembly, Rep. Ray serves on the Joint Performance Review Committee, the House Public Transportation Committee, and the House Insurance and Commerce Committee.
Rep. Ray is a consultant and communications strategist. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin from 2017-2020 as well as U.S. Senator Tom Cotton’s Communications Director on his 2014 campaign. Rep. Ray is the former State Director of Americans for Prosperity – Arkansas.
He graduated from the University of the Ozarks with a B.S. in Communication and Political Science.
Rep. Ray lives in Maumelle with his wife Jessica and their two children, Charlotte and William.
Elected Terms
2021 (Jan 11th, 2021 — Jan 1st, 2023)Newsroom
The House is now in an extended recess. We will return in the fall to address redistricting.House me...
With a vote of 94-2, the House passed HB1949, an Act to Amend the Revenue Stabilization Law.This bil...
This week, the Joint Budget Committee advanced two bills outlining the proposed budget for the next...
With a vote of 82-9, the House voted in favor of SJR10. This is a proposed constitutional amendment...
House members are now reviewing the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022. The Revenue Stabilization...
With a vote of 78-15 and 3 members voting present, the House passed SB55. This bill is the appropria...
The House passed two bills today which would create new tax credits.HB1719 creates the Reboot Pilot...
This week, the House passed several bills which will increase various tax credits and exemptions.Tho...
On Thursday, the House advanced a proposed constitutional amendment. HJR1005 would require statewide...
On Wednesday, the House passed bills outlining several tax credits and exemptions.HB1157 would doubl...
The Governor has now signed 680 bills into law since the beginning of the 2021 Regular Session.On Tu...
With a vote of 65-26 and 5 members voting present, the House passed SB622 on Monday.This bill states...
By the end of the 13th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 600 bills were signed into law.Th...
On Thursday, the House HB1865 which requires all law enforcement officers in the state to complete a...
More than 600 bills have been signed into law so far this session.On Wednesday, the House passed the...
With a vote of 72-25, the House voted to override the Governor’s veto of HB1570 on Tuesday. HB1570 p...
House members passed the following bills Monday afternoon:HB1740-This bill states that grooming a mi...
Close to 500 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.There are still...
Close to 500 bills have been signed into law so far this session.As we work to address the remainder...
By a vote of 64-34 and 1 member voting present, the House passed SB410 on Tuesday.This bill establis...
The public health emergency will continue in Arkansas for another 60 days. The Governor made the req...
The 11th week of the session was an abbreviated one as the General Assembly took a recess for Spring...
The General Assembly will be in recess for the remainder of this week. Before adjourning for the wee...
The House approved a resolution that will provide for an extended recess of the 2021 Regular Session...
In the 10th week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House passed several bills focusing on improved ed...
On Thursday, the House passed a bill requiring students entering the ninth grade class of 2022-2023...
On Wednesday, the House voted to raise teacher salaries and increase public school funding.HB1614 se...
More than 370 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.The House passe...
House members began the 10th week of the 2021 Regular Session on Monday.The House passed more than 3...
More than 320 bills have been signed into law during the 2021 Regular Session. There are several hun...
The House wrapped up the 9th week of the 2021 Regular Session.Members passed the following bills Thu...
Thursday will mark the 60th day of the 2021 Regular Session.The House passed 18 bills on Wednesday,...
More than 300 bills have been signed into law so far during the 2021 Regular Session.The House passe...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee began hearing proposed constitutional am...
As we wind down the 8th week of the 2021 Regular Session, more than 270 bills have been signed into...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee will begin reviewing proposed constituti...
On Wednesday, there were close to 30 additional bills filed and more than 20 bills advancing from co...
More than 1,000 bills have been filed since the session began and more than 200 have been signed int...
The House entered the 8th week of the Regular Session on Monday.Members passed the following bills o...
In the 7th week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House passed bills addressing taxes, medical care,...
The House has now wrapped up the 7th week of the 2021 Regular Session.The House passed the following...
Today is the 45th day of the 2021 Regular Session. More than 560 bills have been filed in the House,...
Since the filing period began, there have been more than 540 bills filed in the House. In the Senate...
After an extended recess due to the winter weather, House members are back at the Capitol.On Monday,...
This week was yet another example of how Arkansans overcome in difficult times. From the workers cle...
There are 25 proposed constitutional amendments filed in the House and 18 in the Senate. The deadlin...
Today is the deadline for members to file proposed Constitutional Amendments. More than 20 proposed...
Tomorrow is the last day members can file proposed Constitutional Amendments. The General Assembly c...
More than 70 bills have now been signed into law as we begin the 5th week of the 2021 Regular Sessio...
The House has adjourned from the 4th week of the Regular Session.The following bills were passed by...
On Wednesday, the House passed several pieces of legislation, including the following:·  ...
On Tuesday, the House passed HB1022. This bill states drivers must have their vehicle’s headlights o...
The House began the 4th week of the 2021 Regular Session on Monday.This morning, the House State Age...
Several bills are now making their way to the Governor’s desk including one that intends to expand b...
With a vote of 94-0, the House passed legislation to expand broadband access in Arkansas.SB74 allows...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced HB1211 which states the Governo...
On Tuesday, the House Education Committee advanced HB1151 which suspends the public school rating sy...
The third week of the 2021 Regular Session is now underway.This morning, the House State Agencies an...
In the second week of the 2021 Regular Session, the House voted on bills addressing everything from...
The House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced HB1056. This bill amends the Ar...
The House began its second week of the Regular Session on Tuesday.The House Public Transportation Co...
House members are now ready to begin the second week of the 2021 Regular Session.Nearly 200 bills ha...
The House has now completed its work for the first week of the 2021 Regular Session.This afternoon,...
The House Rules committee advanced resolutions outlining new rules and changes to procedure due to C...
On this second day of the Regular Session, Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed the General Assembly an...
House members elected to serve in the 93rd General Assembly took the oath of office in the House Cha...
Contact Representative Ray
David Ray
david.ray@arkansashouse.org
22 Hudson Bay Drive
Maumelle , AR 72113-5900
501-916-0286
