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Irvin serves on the Arkansas Legislative Council and chairs the Senate Committee on  City, County, and Local Affairs. She is vice chair of the Energy Committee and serves as well on (1) Budget, (2) Efficiency, and (3) Public Health, Welfare and Labor.<ref name=mtirvin/>

Irvin serves on the Arkansas Legislative Council and chairs the Senate Committee on  City, County, and Local Affairs. She is vice chair of the Energy Committee and serves as well on (1) Budget, (2) Efficiency, and (3) Public Health, Welfare and Labor.<ref name=mtirvin/>

Irvin opposes [[abortion]], having voted to ban the practice after twenty weeks of gestation or whenever fetal heartbeat is determined. She opposes allowing abortion to be covered in health-care plans.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119194/missy-irvin#.UqIJXxXnYfQ|title=Missy Irvin's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, she opposed a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Irvin opposes [[abortion]], having voted to ban the practice after twenty weeks of gestation or whenever fetal heartbeat is determined. She opposes allowing abortion to be covered in health-care plans.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119194/missy-irvin#.UqIJXxXnYfQ|title=Missy Irvin's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 28, 2020}}</ref> In 2011, she opposed a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones.<ref name=votingrecords/>

In 2013, Irvin joined the Senate majority to amend [[state income tax]] rates. She voted with the majority to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensation benefits and to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]].

In 2013, Irvin joined the Senate majority to amend state income tax rates. She voted with the majority to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensation benefits and to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]]. She voted successfully to override Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]]'s [[veto]] of a bill to require photo identification when one casts a ballot in Arkansas. She sponsored legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. She voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. She voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. She supported legislation to permit the sale of [[Louis Pasteur|pasteurization]] whole milk within the state.<ref name=votingrecords/>

She voted successfully to override Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]]'s [[veto]] of a bill to require photo identification when one casts a ballot in Arkansas. She sponsored legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. She voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. She voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. She supported legislation to permit the sale of [[Lous Pasteur|pasteurization]] whole milk within the state.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Irvin was re-nominated to her state Senate seat in the Republican primary election held on May 20, 2014. She polled 64 percent of the vote against her lone intraparty challenger, Phil Grace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/12801589/katv-election-results|title=Arkansas Primary Election Results, May 20, 2014|publisher=KATV|accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref>

Irvin was re-nominated to her state Senate seat in the Republican primary election held on May 20, 2014. She polled 64 percent of the vote against her lone intraparty challenger, Phil Grace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katv.com/story/12801589/katv-election-results|title=Arkansas Primary Election Results, May 20, 2014|publisher=KATV|accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref>