Career
The Randall L. Williams Correctional Facility west of Pine Bluff in Jefferson County is named in his honor. Bennett received a bachelor"s degree in Political Science from the University of Arkansas in the capital city of Little Rock and her legal degree from the University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia, Missouri. Bennett is a former elected city attorney for Lonoke, with service dating back to at least 2009.
In that capacity, she received a $2,000 annual retainer for attendance at council meetings and as legal counsel to the mayor and the council.
Bennett narrowly overcame the statewide tide for Republicans in the general election on November 4, 2014. The position opened when the Democrat Walls McCrary, also of Lonoke, was term-limited and could not seek a fourth term.
Representative Bennett holds these committee assignments: (1) Judiciary and (2) State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. In February 2015, Bennett opposed House Bill 1228, authored by Republican Bob Ballinger of Carroll County in northwestern Arkansas, which prohibits government from imposing a burden on the free exercise of religion.
The measure passed the House, seventy-two to twenty.
Bennett called for a reworking of the legislation. She claimed the Ballinger bill would establish a "type of religious litmus test" which could impact nearly any law under consideration by the legislature. The measure was subsequently signed into law in revised form, Bachelor of Science 975, by Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson.
