Full Name:
Cecile H. Bledsoe
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: James; 3 Children: Greg, Sam, Tricia
Birth Date:
06/26/1944
Birth Place:
Lyons, GA
Home City:
Rogers, AR
Religion:
Baptist
BA, Journalism, University of Georgia, 1968
Former Chair, Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Senator, Arkansas State Senate, District 3, 2008-2023
Candidate, Arkansas State Senate, District 3, 2018
Assistant President Pro Tempore, Arkansas State Senate, District 3, 2015-2018
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2010
Representative, Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1999-2004
Board of Directors, Agency on Aging
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council
Former Member, Arkansas Legislative Council
Former Member, Constitutional Amendments Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, Arkansas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Energy Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Governor's Emergency Fund Joint Review Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Member, Health and Human Services Task Force
Former Member, Insurance and Commerce Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Budget Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Legislative Auditing, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs, Arkansas State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Joint Executive Subcommittee (Arkansas Legislative Council), Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace Oversight, Arkansas State Senate
Former Co-Chair, Joint Subcommittee on Claims Review, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Claims, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Medicaid, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) (Arkansas Legislative Council), Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Policy Making, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Review, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Special Language, Arkansas State Senate
Member, Legislative Joint Audit
Former Member, Revenue and Tax Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Member, Rogers Civil Service Commission
Former Member, State Agencies Subcommittee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Hospital and Medicaid Study, Arkansas State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Lottery Oversight, Arkansas State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Policy Making, Arkansas State Senate
Surgical Clinic Vice President/Assistant Manager
Member, Benton County Republican Committee
Member, Benton County Republican Women
Member, Council of State Governments
Founding Member, Grace Point Church
Member, Human Services and Public Safety Committee
Member, Human Services and Welfare Committee
Member/Former Board Member, Kendrick Fincher Memorial Foundation
Former Board Member, Miller Place
Member, National Conference of State Legislatures
Former Board Member, Northwest Arkansas Agency on Aging
Member/Former Board Member, Our Farm Incorporated
Member, Southern Legislative Conference
Former Member, American Legislative Exchange Commission, 1999-2004
Member, Women in Government, 1999-2004
Former Member, Pea Ridge National Military Park Foundation, 1999-2000
Number of Grandchildren:
2
Priority Issues:
Pro-Life, 2nd Amendment Rights, Infrastructure, Illegal Immigration, Responsible and Limited Government, Private Property Rights, Education, Health Care
Spouse's Occupation:
General Surgery Practice.