---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFIT PROVISIONS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFIT PROVISIONS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Arkansas SB 144 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Cheatham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b11dae9-c675-4402-bb85-eeecaf194f4e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ff88df21a415a7d80c9d400b99bce264bcad61d5943141007b28c181a55abe3d"
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 144 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFIT PROVISIONS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 144** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB144.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E. Cheatham — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-22** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-13** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-13** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-14** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-14** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-18** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19** Notification that SB144 is now Act 511 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b11dae9-c675-4402-bb85-eeecaf194f4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).