---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAID AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE, SERVICE CREDIT, DISABILITY RETIREMENT, AND TERMINATION OF COVERED EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAID AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE, SERVICE CREDIT, DISABILITY RETIREMENT, AND TERMINATION OF COVERED EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Arkansas SB 72 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e1ded1e-fdb0-4790-af36-830b4ff211b9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ba465b6e6e4d70d3248ada81cb455402de2b1d1171152c6559389476f6511be7"
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 72 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PAID AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE, SERVICE CREDIT, DISABILITY RETIREMENT, AND TERMINATION OF COVERED EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 72** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB72.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-12** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-02-12** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-02-12** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-14** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-14** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-02-14** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-02-18** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-02-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-20** Notification that SB72 is now Act 178 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e1ded1e-fdb0-4790-af36-830b4ff211b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).