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Sample is vice chair of the Arkansas Legislative Council and a member of these Senate committees: (1) State Game and Fish Commission Oversight, (2) Budget, (3) Efficiency, (4) Legislative Joint Auditing, (5) Revenue and Tax, and (6) Public Retirement and Social Security Programs.<ref name=whsample/> He is affiliated with the [[conservative]] [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/Member%20Profiles/Missy%20Irvin.pdf|title=Biography of the Honorable Bill Sample, Arkansas State Senator|publisher=arkleg.state.ar.us|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref>  

Sample is vice chair of the Arkansas Legislative Council and a member of these Senate committees: (1) State Game and Fish Commission Oversight, (2) Budget, (3) Efficiency, (4) Legislative Joint Auditing, (5) Revenue and Tax, and (6) Public Retirement and Social Security Programs.<ref name=whsample/> He is affiliated with the [[conservative]] [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/Member%20Profiles/Missy%20Irvin.pdf|title=Biography of the Honorable Bill Sample, Arkansas State Senator|publisher=arkleg.state.ar.us|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref>  

   

   

Sample 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/27839/bill-sample#.UqJQ3hXnYfQ|title=Bill Sample's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 9, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, as a House member, Sample voted to raise [[severance tax]]es  on four categories of natural gas, with the funds allocated for state highway improvements. In 2009, Representative Sample joined a one-third minority in opposing an increase in the state [[minimum wage]]. In 2011, Senator Sample did not vote on a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones on grounds of safety considerations.<ref name=votingrecords/>

Sample 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/27839/bill-sample#.UqJQ3hXnYfQ|title=Bill Sample's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 9, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, as a House member, Sample voted to raise severance taxes on four categories of natural gas, with the funds allocated for state highway improvements. In 2009, Representative Sample joined a one-third minority in opposing an increase in the state [[minimum wage]]. In 2011, Senator Sample did not vote on a bill to ban [[cell phone]]s in school zones on grounds of safety considerations.<ref name=votingrecords/>

In 2013, Sample joined the Senate majority to amend state [[income tax]] rates. He did not vote on legislation to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensatio] benefits, but he did support a related bill to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]]. He 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. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. He voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. He did not vote on a bill to permit the sale of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk within the state and on another bill to require a racial impact statement regarding crimes.<ref name=votingrecords/>

In 2013, Sample joined the Senate majority to amend state [[income tax]] rates. He did not vote on legislation to reduce the amount of weekly unemployment compensatio] benefits, but he did support a related bill to require the recipients to be screened for illegal use of [[narcotics]]. He 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. He opposed legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He voted to allow handguns to be carried on church properties and to forbid the release of information on the holders of concealed carry permits. He voted to allow university staff to carry concealed weapons. He did not vote on a bill to permit the sale of [[pasteurization|unpasteurized]] whole milk within the state and on another bill to require a racial impact statement regarding crimes.<ref name=votingrecords/>