When planning our trip we checked the hours for the Arkansas Capitol and found that it was closed at 3:00 on weekdays (closed weekends), so we settled on a rapid visit before it closed. So our usual in depth examination wasn’t in the cards.
A quick sampling of the exterior, interior and house/ senate chambers and it was off to the gift shop for the essential decal/ sticker for the state. Unfortunately they were all sold out (but fortunately there were fridge magnets that work as well).
It is sometimes interesting to see what issues are before a legislature at a given time. The more recent Arkansas bills deal with a variety of issues. SB43 deals with “Adult Oriented Performance” (?) and HB1718 confirms gold and silver as legal tender. There are also the all too familiar bills that deal with bathrooms (HB 1156) and gender affirming care (SB199).
As is true for the other states we visited, the house and senate have adjourned for the year. Governor Sarah Huckabee is still busy however she was not on the premises at the time of our visit.