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AR HMR1004
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Status
2/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tracy Steele
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AI Summary
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House Memorial Resolution honoring James "Jim" Guy Tucker, who passed away February 13, 2025, at age 81, having served as Arkansas Attorney General (1972), U.S. Congressman (1976), and 43rd Governor of Arkansas
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Tucker graduated from Harvard University in 1964 with a degree in government and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1968, later working at Rose Law Firm in Little Rock
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As Governor, Tucker improved Arkansas's prison system, signed the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993, and worked to increase education funding without raising taxes
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Tucker served as a Vietnam War correspondent for ABC News and Arkansas newspapers in 1965 and 1967, and went undercover as a prisoner at the Cummins Unit in 1970 to expose prison corruption
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Resolution directs the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to present a copy to Tucker's surviving family, including wife Betty Allen Tucker and four children
Legislative Description
In Respectful Memory Of Former Arkansas Attorney General, United States Congressman, And Forty-third Governor Of Arkansas James "jim" Guy Tucker For His Service To The Nation And To The State Of Arkansas.
Last Action
READ AND ADOPTED.
2/25/2025