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Key served on the Arkansas Legislative Council, the Joint Retirement and Social Security Committee, and the Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee. His other Senate committee assignments included (1) Budget, (2) Education, (3) Efficiency, and (4) Insurance & Commerce.<ref name=bio/><ref name=jrkey/> The [[conservative]] Key has sponsored legislation to cut in half the  [[sales tax]]es on groceries and to exempt retirement and pension income from Arkansas state [[income tax]]es.<ref name=bio/>

Key served on the Arkansas Legislative Council, the Joint Retirement and Social Security Committee, and the Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee. His other Senate committee assignments included (1) Budget, (2) Education, (3) Efficiency, and (4) Insurance & Commerce.<ref name=bio/><ref name=jrkey/> The [[conservative]] Key has sponsored legislation to cut in half the  [[sales tax]]es on groceries and to exempt retirement and pension income from Arkansas state [[income tax]]es.<ref name=bio/>

As a civic leader, Key has worked with the [[interest group]], Mothers Against Drunk Driving, to attempt to reduce drinking by teenagers. He successfully supported legislation to create drug courts.<ref name=bio/> In 2011, the Arkansas Pharmacists Association presented Key with the Guy Newcomb Award, named for Guy Newcomb (1928-1985), a pharmacy leader from Osceola, who was the 1968 Republican nominee for Arkansas' 1st congressional district seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apa.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=22:apa-awards&id=83:guy-newcomb-award|title=Guy Newcomb Award|publisher=apa.memberclicks.net|accessdate=December 6, 2013}}</ref>

As a civic leader, Key has worked with the [[interest group]], Mothers Against Drunk Driving, to attempt to reduce drinking by teenagers. He successfully supported legislation to create drug courts.<ref name=bio/> In 2011, the Arkansas Pharmacists Association presented Key with the Guy Newcomb Award, named for Guy Newcomb (1928-1985), a pharmacy leader from Osceola, who was the 1968 Republican nominee for Arkansas' 1st congressional district seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apa.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=22:apa-awards&id=83:guy-newcomb-award|title=Guy Newcomb Award|publisher=apa.memberclicks.net|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref>

Key opposes [[abortion]], having voted to ban the practice after twenty weeks of [[gestation]] or whenever fetal heartbeat is determined. He opposes allowing abortion to be covered in health-care plans.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/16211/johnny-key#.UqFRHxXnYfQ|title=Johnny Key's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, while in the House, he unsuccessfully opposed an increase in [[natural gas]] taxes. In 2011, he opposed a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones. He voted that same year to require dress codes for public schools.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Key opposes [[abortion]], having voted to ban the practice after twenty weeks of [[gestation]] or whenever fetal heartbeat is determined. He opposes allowing abortion to be covered in health-care plans.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/16211/johnny-key#.UqFRHxXnYfQ|title=Johnny Key's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 17, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, while in the House, he unsuccessfully opposed an increase in [[natural gas]] taxes. In 2011, he opposed a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones. He voted that same year to require dress codes for public schools.<ref name=votingrecords/>