---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISABILITY RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISABILITY RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1279"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1279 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26T20:01:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-02T19:06:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b52a0f15-51b0-49ab-8e3e-7d57e54b2c72"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8164eda00ea250345634e0e1cde51e0a586c4dee74fa42f6d2f2d5c2bd067265"
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 1279 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISABILITY RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1279** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1279.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- S. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T20:01:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T22:33:47+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`
- **2021-02-22T17:08:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23T19:16:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T21:21:57+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-23T21:22:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T21:23:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T21:23:13+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:12:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-25T23:12:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-26T18:09:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-02T19:06:32+00:00** Notification that HB1279 is now Act 223 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b52a0f15-51b0-49ab-8e3e-7d57e54b2c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).