---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1281"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1281 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample", "Warren"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26T22:17:50+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-01T17:21:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed5fb54-28da-4e2f-bf1c-229d4b2913e5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c3b2bbd4d0a0bf2a4eb8f6fd27f68131d19303e113f8b898e054615489a03c39"
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 1281 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1281** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1281.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T22:17:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-27T22:29:36+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`
- **2021-03-22T15:12:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T20:51:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T19:05:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T19:05:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30T18:45:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:46:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-30T18:46:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:49:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:49:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T13:19:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-01T17:21:33+00:00** Notification that HB1281 is now Act 518 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed5fb54-28da-4e2f-bf1c-229d4b2913e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).