Biography

Jeremy Hutchinson served in the Arkansas legislature from 2000 - 2007.  Jeremy was term limited from serving further in the Arkansas General Assembly, but left as the most senior member of the Arkansas House of Representatives.  He was elected to be the Assistant Minority Leader and served on Judiciary, Insurance and Commerce, and Joint Budget Committees.  He also served on both the Retirement & Pension and Energy Committees.

Jeremy was recognized as one of the most effective conservative legislators to serve in the Arkansas Legislature.  He sponsored and PASSED controversial bills to require parental consent before performing abortions on a minor (HB 1033 of 2005), and to authorize state and local police to enforce our federal immigration laws (HB 1033 of 2005).  Jeremy helped draft and co-sponsored the Partial Birth Abortion Ban of 2005.  He also sponsored and passed legislation that granted a leave of absence to our veterans for treatment of military service-connected disabilities (HB 1254 of 2005), established a new tax deferred college saving plans (HB 1735 of 2003), and created the "Baby Sharon Children's Catastrophic Illness Grant Program" to assist families whose children suffer from catastrophic illness to pay their mounting bills so the parents can focus on their child (HB 1039 of 2003).

Jeremy also has a strong commitment to protecting citizens from crime.  As a member of the Judiciary Committee, he sponsored and PASSED legislation that made the murder of a child 12 years of age or younger an aggravating circumstance for purpose of imposing the death penalty (HB 1264 of 2001), extended the statute of limitations for rape (HB 1423 of 2001), created the criminal offense of exposing a child to a chemical substance or Methamphetamine (HB 1267 of 2003), and enhanced the penalty for offenses of domestic violence committed on a pregnant woman which recognizes the value of an unborn baby (HB 1540 of 2003).

Jeremy received his undergraduate degree (B.B.A. Economics) from Harding University and his law degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law.  He is an attorney in private practice and a part time deputy Prosecutor in Saline County.  Jeremy is also an adjunct professor at John Brown University and Harding University, teaching Employment Law and Economics.  Named to Arkansas Business' 40 under 40 in 2002, Jeremy was also voted one of the "Best Conservatives" by the readers of the Arkansas Times in 2005.

Jeremy is married to Stephanie Hutchinson and they have three kids: Jack (10) Hallie (7) and Abby (5). They attend Fellowship Bible Church.