TO AMEND LAWS CONCERNING FRAUD AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE FRAUD AGAINST A STATE SUPPORTED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
HB 1317 amends Arkansas law to expand fraud penalties to cover state retirement systems. It makes it a Class D felony to knowingly make false statements or falsify records to defraud the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, State Police Retirement System, or Arkansas Judicial Retirement System. The bill upgrades penalties from misdemeanors to felonies for these specific frauds against retirement programs. This directly affects individuals who attempt to defraud these state-run retirement systems through false documentation or statements.
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 30, 2025
Signed Feb 18, 2025
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Act 112
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MINOR
The bill text was updated from Act 112 to HB 1317, with the primary change being the removal of an approval date (2/18/25) from the signature page. This appears to be a technical formatting update rather than a substantive policy change.
Scope change
No substantive scope or applicability changes identified; the bill remains HB 1317 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date '2/18/25' from line 35, which was present in the previous Act 112 version but is now blank in HB 1317.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Feb 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1317 is now Act 112
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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