---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT AS IT RELATES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF MONTHLY BENEFITS; CONCERNING THE DEFINITIONS OF \"ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN\" AND \"ALTERNATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN\"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT AS IT RELATES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF MONTHLY BENEFITS; CONCERNING THE DEFINITIONS OF \"ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN\" AND \"ALTERNATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN\"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1275"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1275 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26T19:12:35+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T20:11:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26dea763-cf9b-4901-a26a-0014d485b813"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6933ca87a77c748024c3c5ccc86a69f3d6ec6dfeb1dab7bbd2c9e72bf6427b37"
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 HB 1275 (2021) — CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT AS IT RELATES TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF MONTHLY BENEFITS; CONCERNING THE DEFINITIONS OF "ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN" AND "ALTERNATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN"; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1275-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1275** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1275.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T19:12:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T22:32:43+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T14:33:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:33:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:39:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T16:20:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16T18:45:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T20:43:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:43:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18T20:51:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T20:51:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T20:51:52+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:40:38+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:40:46+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-19T18:41:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-23T20:11:44+00:00** Notification that HB1275 is now Act 427 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26dea763-cf9b-4901-a26a-0014d485b813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).