BioSenator Scott Flippo represents District 23, which includes Baxter and Marion Counties
and parts of Boone, Fulton and Izard Counties. He was elected to the Senate in 2014
and took the oath of office on the first day of the 2015 regular session.
Senator Flippo is the chair of the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs
Committee. He is a member of the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, the
Joint Performance Review Committee, the Efficiency Committee, the Joint Budget
Committee, the Arkansas Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing
Committee.
In past sessions Senator Flippo has served as the Senate co-chair of the Legislative
Council's Review Subcommittee and the Behavioral Health Treatment Access
Legislative Task Force. He has served as vice chair for the Council's Hospital and
Medicaid Study Subcommittee and vice chair of the Joint Energy Committee. He was
the Senate Majority Whip for the 92nd General Assembly and served as the Senate
Majority Leader for the 93rd General Assembly.
In the 2021 session Senator Flippo sponsored legislation to amend the penalties for a
violation of the mandatory seat belt law, to expand the review of license applications
for long-term care facilities and to amend the Medicaid eligibility verification system.
He was also the Senate sponsor for House bills on chemical abortion, the use of
firefighting foam and the authority of the Attorney General to legally challenge federal
regulations.
In past sessions, Senator Flippo sponsored legislation to reform procurement policies
of state agencies. He sponsored legislation to strengthen the General Assembly's
oversight of procurement rules and practices.
Senator Flippo is a member the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and
the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC). He is a member of the Bull Shoals
Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club and Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce
and Rotary Club.
Senator Flippo is a native of Mountain Home and lives there. He is a graduate of
Mountain Home High School and earned a degree in Business Administration from the
University of Arkansas.
He is the owner of Carefree Living, an assisted living center. He is a member of the
Methodist church.
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