---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINAL AVERAGE COMPENSATION UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINAL AVERAGE COMPENSATION UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1346"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1346 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-29T20:13:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:05:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/140e33f6-f89b-4bde-9fdd-ea50fc30a4b8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "161122f1d17e84c6e5fc01fa305019f00ccd1f34bb52f97459b3a924291a3b43"
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 1346 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING FINAL AVERAGE COMPENSATION UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## 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%2FHB1346-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1346** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1346.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29T20:13:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T21:48:59+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`
- **2021-02-25T14:36:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-25T14:37:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-25T17:13:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T16:50:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T20:08:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:34:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:34:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T20:36:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:36:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:15+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:27:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:47:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:05:28+00:00** Notification that HB1346 is now Act 370 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/140e33f6-f89b-4bde-9fdd-ea50fc30a4b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).