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HB 1120 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1120 appropriates $142.7 million for the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's (APERS) operations and $725 million for beneficiary payments during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It funds salaries for 78 full-time staff, temporary workers, operational expenses, and benefit payments to retirees. The bill directly affects APERS employees who manage retirement benefits and over 100,000 Arkansas public employees who receive retirement payments. This is a budget allocation bill with no policy changes, solely providing funding for existing retirement system operations and payments.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill appropriates $867.7M total for APERS operations and retiree payments, directly funding a state retirement system through budget allocation, supporting fiscal management of public employee benefits.95% confidence
Sub-Topics: Pensions
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Feb 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 85 → HB 1120 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill replaces Act 85 with HB 1120, which appropriates $142,735,572 for the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System's operations and $725,000,000 for benefit payments in fiscal year 2025-2026. The changes primarily involve updating the legislative text to reflect current session requirements while maintaining similar funding allocations for salaries, benefits, and operational expenses.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System funding, with no substantive changes to applicability or eligibility criteria.
FISCAL

Updated legislative text from Act 85 to HB 1120 format, maintaining $142,735,572 for operations and $725,000,000 for benefits.

TECHNICAL

Added new section headers and formatting consistent with 95th General Assembly HB 1120 standards.

Removed Act 85 reference and replaced with HB 1120 designation for the 2025 Regular Session.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

32–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 35
Feb 11, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
26 Yea 3
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 13, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1120 is now Act 85
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.