---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITIES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITIES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Arkansas SB 229 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc9cc86-f8a7-4e14-bbf3-a4f54868cfd0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9fa1a96f4384c93b8a4ef9d10224dc5ca82f8024d20447af8e8e4262897a4390"
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 229 (2019) — TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC WATER AUTHORITIES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 229** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB229.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-05** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-05** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-06** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-06** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-11** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Notification that SB229 is now Act 449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bc9cc86-f8a7-4e14-bbf3-a4f54868cfd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).