---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING MANDATORY CONTRIBUTORY MEMBER DESIGNATION FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING MANDATORY CONTRIBUTORY MEMBER DESIGNATION FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Arkansas SB 232 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Leding"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27T19:58:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0482bc89-f976-481d-ac84-2cc9be8a45dc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a92ea676d36ae964b598b517316ecde168377ca3eaaee565acca6af1086decb5"
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 232 (2021) — CONCERNING MANDATORY CONTRIBUTORY MEMBER DESIGNATION FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB232-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 232** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB232.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Leding — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T19:58:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-27T21:36:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T14:59:50+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-09T14:59:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-09T19:07:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:07:59+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T18:42:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16T18:17:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T18:18:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-16T18:18:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:38:41+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:52:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18T19:43:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:43:43+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T19:43:48+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:58:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:58:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:52:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:52:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:27+00:00** Notification that SB232 is now Act 443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0482bc89-f976-481d-ac84-2cc9be8a45dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).