---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Arkansas SB 162 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T19:18:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-03T15:14:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/202b5c61-7668-4998-95e0-8af407f06cbf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "80b2693a537740314ec93b2144bbb19838dffa1d57498899c87e2a3113e3695f"
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 162 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION PERIOD REQUIRED FOR RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' 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 162** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB162.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T19:18:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-20T19:44:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T19:22:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26T19:43:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26T19:43:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-26T19:43:46+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-26T21:01:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-26T22:37:22+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-27T20:24:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T20:24:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-27T20:24:16+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-01-27T22:52:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-01-27T22:52:29+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-01-28T15:39:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-01-28T15:39:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-03T15:14:36+00:00** Notification that SB162 is now Act 20 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/202b5c61-7668-4998-95e0-8af407f06cbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).