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/> | 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/> |