Greg Leding

Greg Leding is an American Democratic Party elected official, who since 2011 has been a Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing the 86th district. He has served as Minority Leader since 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 92.

Leding serves on a number of committees, including the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, the House Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology Committee, Arkansas Legislative Council, and others. Leding chairs the Labor and Environment Permanent Subcommittee of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. He formerly served as Co-Chair of the Legislative Task Force on Sustainable Building Design and Practices, Co-Chair of the Hospital and Medicaid Study Subcommittee of Arkansas Legislative Council, and Vice Chair of the Human Services Permanent Subcommittee of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

During his first term, Leding worked to pass The Jason Flatt Act, a measure meant to reduce youth suicide in Arkansas. During his second term, Leding worked to pass a bipartisan package of bills meant to prevent human trafficking in Arkansas. Other legislative achievements in 2013 include The Landowner Notification Act, a measure meant to protect landowners living in the Fayetteville Shale, as well as a bill meant to better protect the Buffalo River.

Leding is a member of the Arkansas Legislative Hunger Caucus, the Arkansas Sportsmen's Caucus, and the Arkansas Aerospace Caucus.

Since August 2012, Leding has served as a vice chair of the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures.^[1]

Leding graduated from Springdale High School in 1996 and in 2001 received a Bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.^[2][3]

Public service career

State House

Leding first ran for the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2010, defeating J.W. "Bill" Ramsey in the Democratic Primary.^[4] He won re-election in 2012, defeating a challenge by Republican Brian Scott.^[5] Leding announced for re-election to a third term on November 1, 2013.^[6]

Leding has been honored with many awards and recognitions during his time in the Arkansas House of Representatives, including the "Distinguished Legislator" from AARP Arkansas, "Distinguished Legislator" from the Arkansas Municipal League, "Champion Legislator" from the Public Policy Panel, "Champion of Advanced Energy" from the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association, "Elected Public Official of the Year" from the Arkansas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, the "Community Distinction Award" from Arkansas Support Network, and more.^[7] In January 2013, Leding was listed among the "Top 10 Legislators to Watch" by Talk Business Arkansas.^[8] In May 2013, Leding was listed among the "Talk Business Arkansas' Top 10 State Legislators" by Talk Business Arkansas.^[9]

References

External links

• Official website
• Representative Greg Leding: District 86 at The Arkansas State Legislature