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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 116"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 116 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-24T21:15:56+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-23T17:28:49+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a57c428-2e66-40c5-8844-62be406d0df9"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "b5d9f9f8bc4a8daac3be2387cee7d1f0fb9fcb81d51330f081514a7e26962478"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas SB 116 (2023) — TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=125.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB116.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- Warren — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24T21:15:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-25T19:15:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13T19:14:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-14T19:27:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14T19:27:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-02-14T19:27:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-02-14T19:56:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-02-14T22:29:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15T20:28:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-15T20:28:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-02-15T20:28:45+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-02-15T21:43:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-02-15T21:44:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-02-16T14:16:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-02-16T14:16:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-23T17:28:49+00:00** Notification that SB116 is now Act 125 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a57c428-2e66-40c5-8844-62be406d0df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+