SB 157 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.

Based on the provided text, SB 157 aimed to amend the law regarding benefits under the Arkansas Public Employees' State Public Employee Retirement Systems. The specific details of how it would alter these benefits are not available in the provided amendment, which only makes a minor change to the bill's wording and a single word from "shall" to "may" in an unspecified provision. The bill ultimately died in the House Committee.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor