Senator Bill Sample has represented Hot Springs in the Arkansas legislature since
2005. He was sworn into the Arkansas Senate in 2011 representing District 14 which
includes parts of Garland and Saline Counties. Senator Sample is Assistant Pro Tempore
for the Fourth Congressional District, chair of the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
and chair of the Legislative Council’s Medical Marijuana Oversight Subcommittee.
Senator Sample is also vice chair of the Council’s Administrative Rules Subcommittee
and serves on the Senate Committee for Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development,
the Senate Efficiency Committee, the Joint Retirement and Social Security Committee,
the Joint Budget Committee, and the Legislative Council. He is a past Senate co-chair
of the Retirement Committee, and he has sponsored numerous bills affecting state retirement
systems.
Senator Sample previously served in the House of Representatives from 2005 through
2010, representing House District 30 where he was chair of the House Public Transportation
Committee.
In 2013, Senator Sample was named Arkansas Legislator of the Year by the Arkansas
Forestry Association and Legislator of the Year by the State Chamber of Commerce.
Senator Sample and his wife, Betty Ann, are the former owners of Pestco Incorporated,
a termite and pest control company in Hot Springs. After 35 years, they sold the company.
Senator Sample and his wife have two daughters and are members of the Methodist Church.