Kenneth Henderson

Kenneth Lee Henderson, known as Ken Henderson (born c. 1963),^[1] is a real estate developer from Russellville, Arkansas, who is a a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 71 in Pope County in the north central portion of his state.^[2]

Henderson graduated from the University of Arkansas in the capital city of Little Rock. He and his wife, Vickie Lynn Henderson (born c. 1964), have three children. He is a Baptist and a member of Ducks Unlimited, the Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary International.^[2] He previously lived in Little Rock, Benton, Bryant, and Ozone, Arkansas, dates unavailable.^[1]

Henderson ran without opposition in both the Republican primary election and the general election for the legislative seat vacated by Andrea Lea, a fellow Republican who was instead elected Arkansas State Auditor on November 4, 2014 in the Republican sweep of state offices.^[3]Henderson is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor, and (2) City, County, and Local Affairs.^[2]

In February 2015, Henderson joined dozens of his fellow Republicans to support House Bill 1228, sponsored by Bob Ballinger of Carroll County, which sought to prohibit government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.^[4] The measure passed the House, seventy-two to twenty.^[5] One of the opponents, Democratic Representative Camille Bennett, a former city attorney for Lonoke, Arkansas, called for a reworking of the legislation.^[6] Bennett claimed the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test" which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature.^[7] The measure was subsequently passed by a large margin in the House and signed into law in revised form, SB 975, by Governor Hutchinson.^[8]

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