Matt Duffield
Republican • 53rd District 94th General Assembly- Party
- Republican
- Past Service
- Seniority
- 91
- Religion
- Occupation

Rep. Matt Duffield is serving his first term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. He represents District 53, which includes Russellville and other portions of Pope County.
For The 94th General Assembly, Rep. Duffield serves on the House Judiciary Committee, and the House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs Committee.
Rep. Duffield graduated from Harding University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and is a small business owner. He is the President of Big River Materials and the Vice President of Duffield Gravel Company.
Rep. Duffield had a successful 20-year career as a sports-entertainment promoter, producer, and wrestler as “Matt Riviera”. He has also starred in many reality shows and movies.
Long active in the Pope County community, he is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the First Baptist Church of Pottsville. He has helped promote fundraising efforts on behalf of the Special Olympics and is the host of the annual Jock Davis Veterans Lunch, which honors Russellville veterans for their service.
Elected Terms
2023 (Jan 1st, 2023 — Jan 1st, 2025)Newsroom
On Thursday, the House Public Transportation Committee advanced HB1324. This bill would allow law en...
House members passed several bills on Wednesday including three bills advanced by the House Educatio...
On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee advanced HB1004. This bill amends the Sex Offender Registr...
The House entered the 4th week of the 2023 Regular Session on Monday.The House passed HB1208 and HB1...
On the third week of the 2023 Regular Session, the House passed proposed legislation impacting every...
The House Revenue and Taxation Committeeadvanced HB1026 on Thursday. This bill would prohibit local...
On Wednesday, the House passed HB1125 which prohibits level 3 and level 4 sex offenders from owning...
On Tuesday, the House passed HB1150, HB1123, and HB1098.HB1150 would extend the time period aut...
The third week of the 2023 Regular Session began Monday afternoon.The House passed HB1122which amend...
House members will enter the third week of the 2023 Regular Session on Monday.In the second week, se...
On Thursday, theHouse passed HB1023. This bill states that all US flags and Arkansas flags of purcha...
House committees advanced several bills on Wednesday.The House State Agencies and Governmental Affai...
Members began the second week of the 2023 Regular Session on Tuesday.The House Public Transportation...
The 2023 Regular Session is now underway.The session began on Monday, January 9 when members of the...
House members have completed their business for the first week of the 2023 Regular Session.On Thursd...
Several House committees convened for organizational meetings on Wednesday morning.The full House pa...
On the second day of the 2023 Regular Session, the House and Senate convened for a Joint Session.Dur...
Members of the 94th General Assembly took the oath of office Monday morning.After swearing-in, the H...
The 94th General Assembly will convene at noon on Monday, January 9.The House will have 26 new membe...
Contact Representative Duffield
Matt Duffield
matt.duffield@arkansashouse.org
P.O. Box 11057
Russellville, AR 72812-1057
8889466288