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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Vivian Laveda Flowers
| nationality=[[African-American]]
| birth_date=September 4, 1969
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Pine Bluff, Jefferson County<br>
Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 17
| term_start=January 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=Hank Wilkins
| succeeded=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| alma_mater=University of Arkansas at Little Rock<br>
Clinton School of Public Service
| occupation=Diversity officer at UAMS Medical Center in [[Little Rock]]
| religion=African Methodist Episcopal Church
| spouse=
| children=
| parents=
}}
:For the [[African-American]] [[Arkansas State Senate|state senator]] from [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], [[Arkansas]], see ''Stephanie Flowers'',
'''Vivian Laveda Flowers''' (born September 4, 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/vivian-flowers/vivianlflowers?fname=vivian&lname=flowers&|title=Vivian Flowers|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> is a personnel specialist and politician, a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 17, which includes a portion of Jefferson County. <ref name=vivf>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/362/Vivian-Flowers|title=Vivian Flowers|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
She works as a diversity officer at the [[UAMS Medical Center]] in the capital city of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]. A resident of [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], she is also in the south central section of her state.
Flowers holds a degree in [[Political Science]] and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She received a master's degree from the Clinton School of Public Service, also in Little Rock. She is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.<ref name=vivf/>
==Political career==
In 2014, Flowers was nominated by the Democratic Party and elected without opposition in House District 17 to succeed her fellow African-American Democrat, Hank Wilkins, who was term limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 17|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Flowers sits on committees for Revenue and Taxation; and Aging, Children, and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.<ref name=vivf/>
In February 2015, Flowers was among twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas.<ref name=religiousfreedom/> The measure sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Flowers's colleague, Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read/category/General/article/the_associated_press-indiana_arkansas_try_to_stem_religious_objections-ap|title=Indiana, Arkansas try to stem religious objections uproar|publisher=Atlantic Broadband|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> on the theory that the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test," which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature.<ref name=religiousfreedom>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox16.com/story/d/story/opponents-of-religious-freedom-bill-point-out-law/24249/AsrrUGLEdkuquASB01ZrLA|title=Opponents of Religious Freedom Bill Point Out Law Differences, Possible Unintended Consequences|publisher=Fox Channel 16|location=[[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]|date=April 1, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> The legislation was subsequently passed by a large margin in the House and signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/04/02/house-committee-passes-new-rfra-bill-headed-for-full-house/70828864/|title=Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled|publisher=KTHV-TV|location=Little Rock|date=April 2, 2015|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
Flowers formerly resided in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]], and [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]], [[Maryland]], in [[suburb]]an [[Washington, D.C.]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Vivian&qmi=&qn=Flowers&qcs=Pine+Bluff%2C+Arkansas&focusfirst=1|title=Vivian Laveda Flowers|publisher=inteliius.com|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Methodists]]
| name=Vivian Laveda Flowers
| nationality=[[African-American]]
| birth_date=September 4, 1969
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
| residence=Pine Bluff, Jefferson County<br>
Arkansas
| death_date=
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| office=[[Arkansas]] State Representative<br> for District 17
| term_start=January 2015
| term_end=
| preceded=Hank Wilkins
| succeeded=
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| alma_mater=University of Arkansas at Little Rock<br>
Clinton School of Public Service
| occupation=Diversity officer at UAMS Medical Center in [[Little Rock]]
| religion=African Methodist Episcopal Church
| spouse=
| children=
| parents=
}}
:For the [[African-American]] [[Arkansas State Senate|state senator]] from [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], [[Arkansas]], see ''Stephanie Flowers'',
'''Vivian Laveda Flowers''' (born September 4, 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/vivian-flowers/vivianlflowers?fname=vivian&lname=flowers&|title=Vivian Flowers|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> is a personnel specialist and politician, a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for District 17, which includes a portion of Jefferson County. <ref name=vivf>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/362/Vivian-Flowers|title=Vivian Flowers|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
She works as a diversity officer at the [[UAMS Medical Center]] in the capital city of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]. A resident of [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]], she is also in the south central section of her state.
Flowers holds a degree in [[Political Science]] and Technical Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She received a master's degree from the Clinton School of Public Service, also in Little Rock. She is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church.<ref name=vivf/>
==Political career==
In 2014, Flowers was nominated by the Democratic Party and elected without opposition in House District 17 to succeed her fellow African-American Democrat, Hank Wilkins, who was term limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2014|title=District 17|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Flowers sits on committees for Revenue and Taxation; and Aging, Children, and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.<ref name=vivf/>
In February 2015, Flowers was among twenty legislators who opposed House Bill 1228, authored by [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bob Ballinger]] of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas.<ref name=religiousfreedom/> The measure sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/19610/51617/141580/prohibits-government-from-burdening-exercise-of-religion#.VSl8TsstEqQ|title=HB 1228|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref> Flowers's colleague, Representative [[Camille Bennett]], a Democrat from Lonoke, called for a reworking of the legislation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticbb.net/news/read/category/General/article/the_associated_press-indiana_arkansas_try_to_stem_religious_objections-ap|title=Indiana, Arkansas try to stem religious objections uproar|publisher=Atlantic Broadband|date=April 3, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> on the theory that the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test," which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature.<ref name=religiousfreedom>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox16.com/story/d/story/opponents-of-religious-freedom-bill-point-out-law/24249/AsrrUGLEdkuquASB01ZrLA|title=Opponents of Religious Freedom Bill Point Out Law Differences, Possible Unintended Consequences|publisher=Fox Channel 16|location=[[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]]|date=April 1, 2015|accessdate=April 14, 2015}}</ref> The legislation was subsequently passed by a large margin in the House and signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Republican [[Governor]] [[Asa Hutchinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/story/news/local/2015/04/02/house-committee-passes-new-rfra-bill-headed-for-full-house/70828864/|title=Gov. Hutchinson signs revised religious freedom bill; HB 1228 recalled|publisher=KTHV-TV|location=Little Rock|date=April 2, 2015|accessdate=April 15, 2015}}</ref>
Flowers formerly resided in [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]], and [[Takoma Park, Maryland|Takoma Park]], [[Maryland]], in [[suburb]]an [[Washington, D.C.]], dates unavailable.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Vivian&qmi=&qn=Flowers&qcs=Pine+Bluff%2C+Arkansas&focusfirst=1|title=Vivian Laveda Flowers|publisher=inteliius.com|accessdate=January 25, 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flowers, Vivian}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:African Americans]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Methodists]]