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Arkansas bill would remove race and gender quotas from 22 boards and commissions
Summary
Representative Carolyn Brown introduced House Bill 1365 to the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, seeking to remove explicit race‑ and gender‑based quotas from about 22 state boards and commissions.
Representative Carolyn Brown introduced House Bill 1365 to the Senate committee, saying the measure would "remove race and gender quotas" from state law provisions that currently specify demographic composition on about 22 boards and commissions in Arkansas.
Brown and witnesses told senators the change is intended to avoid future litigation and to align state law with the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal‑protection guarantee. Laura D’Agostino of the Pacific Legal Foundation said the bill is necessary because using racial classifications requires strict scrutiny by courts and, absent a compelling governmental interest shown using race‑neutral…
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