Senator Joshua Bryant of Rogers was elected to the Senate in 2022 and was sworn on January 9, 2023. He represents District 32, which includes the eastern third of Benton County and the northeast part of Washington County and upon reelection will continue to serve until December 31, 2030.
Senator Bryant is a graduate from Benton County Christian School in Rogers in 1996. After graduation he joined the United States Marine Corps and served five years, reaching the rank of Sergeant. He then worked for 12 years for the Federal Aviation Administration. In 2014, he joined a construction venture and together with his business partner grew the company into a successful firm in Northwest Arkansas. Senator Bryant has been married to his wife, Jill, for more than 27 years. They have two children, a daughter attending College of the Ozarks in Hollister, MO, and a son attending Providence Classical Christian Academy in Rogers.
Senator Bryant is currently serving as the Arkansas Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Chair of the Joint Budget Committee. He is Chair of the Senate City, County and Local Affairs Committee. He is a member of the Senate Education Committee, the Senate Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee, the Joint Performance Review Committee, the Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. He also a member of the Legislative Joint Auditing State Agencies Subcommittee and the ALC-Hospital, Medicaid and Developmental Disabilities Study Subcommittee. Senator Bryant served one term in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2021 through 2022.
During the 95th General Assembly, Senator Bryant sponsored Acts 664, 665, 666 and 667 to battle human trafficking. They provide for mandatory restitution to victims of human trafficking, allow victims to sue perpetrators for up to 10 years, to provide mandatory no-contact orders in human trafficking cases and to allow forfeiture of assets used in trafficking.
