Justin Boyd

Phillip Justin Boyd, known as Justin Boyd (born c. 1975),^[1] is a pharmacist from Fort Smith, Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 77 in a portion of Sebastian County in the western portion of his state.^[2]

Boyd is a pharmacist and co-owner of Coleman Pharmacy in Alma in Crawford County. He earned his Associate's degree from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith and received a Master of Business Administration from the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the capital city of Little Rock.^[2]

Boyd and his wife, Lora Ann Hill "Lori" Boyd, who has worked in the field of audiology, have three daughters, Mora, Olivia, and Amelia. He is a member of Rotary International, the National Wild Turkey Federation, and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association, from which he received the "Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award."^[2] He previously lived in Hugo in Choctaw County in southern Oklahoma, where he was employed by the Choctaw Manufacturing and Development Corporation, and Springdale and Van Buren, Arkansas, dates unavailable.^[1] Boyd is one of only six Roman Catholics in the Arkansas House, along with newly elected colleague Rick Beck of Center Ridge in Conway County. He is affiliated with St. Boniface Parish in Fort Smith and the president of the St. Boniface School Board.^[3]

In 2014, Boyd ran without opposition in both the Republican primary and the general election for the legislative seat vacated by his fellow Republican, Stephanie Malone of Fort Smith, who was term-limited.^[4]Boyd is assigned to the House committees on: (1) Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and (2) City, County, and Local Affairs.^[2]In February 2015, he joined dozens of his fellow Republicans and two Democrats in co-sponsoring legislation submitted by Representative Lane Jean of Magnolia in Columbia County , to reduce unemployment compensation benefits. The measure was promptly signed into law by Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson.^[5]

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