Senator Jamie Scott

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Senator Jaime Scott represents District 12, which includes parts of Pulaski County on both the south and north sides of the Arkansas River.  She was elected to the Senate in November 2024 and took the oath of office on the first day of the 2025 session.

She is the Senate vice-chair of the Joint Performance Review Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development Committee. She also serves on the Senate Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs Committee and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.

Senator Scott was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and served three terms. She is the youngest African-American female to be elected to the Arkansas State Legislature.

Senator Scott graduated from Arkansas State University with a B.A. in criminology and sociology and an M.A. in Criminal Justice. She is a graduate of the Harvard School of Government Executive Education Program.

She is the Executive Director of Youth Services for Pulaski County.

During the 94^th General Assembly, she sponsored the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (Crown) Act.”  Act 514 of 2023 prevents discrimination based on hair styles in public schools and state colleges and universities. She also sponsored Act 29 of 2023, which created Lupus Awareness Day (April 23^rd). In the 2021 session she sponsored Act 622 to improve safety in schools by requiring resource officers to undergo specialized training through local police departments.

Senator Scott has been recognized by the Democratic Party of Arkansas as a 2017 Emerging Leader. She also has received the COGIC 20 under 40 Achievers Award, Citizen of the Year, the Bishop DL Lindsey Spirit of Excellence Community Award, William H. Bowen School of Law GLO Award, Women of Excellence in Education Award and a 2018 Leadership Community Award.

Senator Scott is Vice-Chair of Arkansas Legislative Black Caucus, and Executive Committee of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) as the Regional Chair for Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.

Senator Scott lives in North Little Rock and is a member of the Church of God in Christ.

• Vice-Chair: JOINT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (JPR), ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE BLACK CAUCUS
• JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
• LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING
• ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
• TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE
• AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE