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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Mark Lancing Biviano
|image=Mark Biviano of AR.jpg
| birth_date=July 13, 1960
| birth_place=Blytheville<br>
Mississippi County<br>
[[Arkansas]], USA
| residence=Searcy, White County<br>Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| state_house=Arkansas
| district=50th
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Monty Betts
| succeeded=[[Fred Smith (Arkansas politician)|Fred Smith]]
| office2=[[Arkansas House of Representatives|Arkansas State Representative from District 50 (White County)]]
| term_start2=2013
| term_end2=January 2015
| preceded2=[[David Meeks]] (transferred to District 70)
| succeeded2=[[Les Eaves]]
| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Arkansas]]
| occupation=Real estate [[business]]man
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| spouse=Barbara Ellen Biviano
| children=Joshua Mark Biviano<br>
Sarah Biviano<br>
Zach Biviano}}
'''Mark Lancing Biviano''' (born July 13, 1960),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-biviano/marklancingbiviano?valid=true&|title=Mark Viviano|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref> is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man from Searcy in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. His District 46, which he represented from 2013 to 2015, includes part of White County. From 2011 to 2013, he represented House District 50.<ref name=mbiviano>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/258/mark-biviano|title=Mark Biviano, R-46|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref>
He did not seek a third term in 2014 and was succeeded by his fellow Republican [[Les Eaves]], also of Searcy.
==Background==
A native of Blytheville in Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas, Biviano graduated from high school in [[Ohio]].<ref name=mbiviano/> He obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in Finance from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/119139/mark-biviano#.UsCjAJV3uZM|title=Mark Biviano's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref> Biviano and his wife, Barbara Ellen Biviano, have three children, Joshua Mark (born 1983), Sarah, and Zach Biviano.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Biviano was elected in House District 50, having narrowly unseated the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Monty Betts, 4,350 (50.6 percent) to 4,242 (49.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 50|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 22, 2020}}</ref>In 2012, District 50 was reconfigured to include Crittenden and Cross counties. Biviano won his second term in revised District 46 by defeating the Democrat Kyle Osborne, 6,305 (60.8 percent) to 4,073 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 46|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>
Biviano served as the vice chair of the Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee and sat on these panels: (1) Budget, (2) Education, and (3) Insurance and Commerce.<ref name=votesmart/>
Representative Biviano in 2013 in District 46 supported a spending cap on the state budget. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]], a measure which Biviano co-sponsored. He further supported related pro-life legislation to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons for campus safety. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Biviano in District 50 co-sponsored legislation to permit weapons in religious institutions for the safety of the congregations. He supported a dress code for public schools. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He voted for the Capital Gains Reduction Act. He voted to permit driver's license tests only in the [[English]] language. Biviano voted against legislation to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zones.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119139/mark-biviano#.UsCjuZV3uZM|title=Mark Biviano's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 24, 2020}}</ref>
Biviano did not seek a third term in the House in 2014. In the Republican primary, Les Eaves, with 2,158 votes (63 percent), defeated Kyle Reeves, who polled 1,260 votes (37 percent), to obtain the Republican nomination to succeed Biviano.<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>
==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biviano, Mark}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
| name=Mark Lancing Biviano
|image=Mark Biviano of AR.jpg
| birth_date=July 13, 1960
| birth_place=Blytheville<br>
Mississippi County<br>
[[Arkansas]], USA
| residence=Searcy, White County<br>Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| state_house=Arkansas
| district=50th
| term_start=2011
| term_end=2013
| preceded=Monty Betts
| succeeded=[[Fred Smith (Arkansas politician)|Fred Smith]]
| office2=[[Arkansas House of Representatives|Arkansas State Representative from District 50 (White County)]]
| term_start2=2013
| term_end2=January 2015
| preceded2=[[David Meeks]] (transferred to District 70)
| succeeded2=[[Les Eaves]]
| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| alma_mater=[[University of Arkansas]]
| occupation=Real estate [[business]]man
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| spouse=Barbara Ellen Biviano
| children=Joshua Mark Biviano<br>
Sarah Biviano<br>
Zach Biviano}}
'''Mark Lancing Biviano''' (born July 13, 1960),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/mark-biviano/marklancingbiviano?valid=true&|title=Mark Viviano|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref> is a [[real estate]] [[business]]man from Searcy in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative. His District 46, which he represented from 2013 to 2015, includes part of White County. From 2011 to 2013, he represented House District 50.<ref name=mbiviano>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/258/mark-biviano|title=Mark Biviano, R-46|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref>
He did not seek a third term in 2014 and was succeeded by his fellow Republican [[Les Eaves]], also of Searcy.
==Background==
A native of Blytheville in Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas, Biviano graduated from high school in [[Ohio]].<ref name=mbiviano/> He obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in Finance from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/119139/mark-biviano#.UsCjAJV3uZM|title=Mark Biviano's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref> Biviano and his wife, Barbara Ellen Biviano, have three children, Joshua Mark (born 1983), Sarah, and Zach Biviano.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Biviano was elected in House District 50, having narrowly unseated the incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Monty Betts, 4,350 (50.6 percent) to 4,242 (49.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 50|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 22, 2020}}</ref>In 2012, District 50 was reconfigured to include Crittenden and Cross counties. Biviano won his second term in revised District 46 by defeating the Democrat Kyle Osborne, 6,305 (60.8 percent) to 4,073 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 46|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>
Biviano served as the vice chair of the Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee and sat on these panels: (1) Budget, (2) Education, and (3) Insurance and Commerce.<ref name=votesmart/>
Representative Biviano in 2013 in District 46 supported a spending cap on the state budget. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]], a measure which Biviano co-sponsored. He further supported related pro-life legislation to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons for campus safety. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Biviano in District 50 co-sponsored legislation to permit weapons in religious institutions for the safety of the congregations. He supported a dress code for public schools. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He voted for the Capital Gains Reduction Act. He voted to permit driver's license tests only in the [[English]] language. Biviano voted against legislation to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zones.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119139/mark-biviano#.UsCjuZV3uZM|title=Mark Biviano's Voting Records|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=December 24, 2020}}</ref>
Biviano did not seek a third term in the House in 2014. In the Republican primary, Les Eaves, with 2,158 votes (63 percent), defeated Kyle Reeves, who polled 1,260 votes (37 percent), to obtain the Republican nomination to succeed Biviano.<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>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biviano, Mark}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]