---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT, BENEFIT RIGHTS, AND DEFERRED RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT, BENEFIT RIGHTS, AND DEFERRED RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Arkansas SB 5 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-17T17:56:57+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T22:14:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3343f90f-c9de-422a-bb79-aa3f8bbb1aed"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "998465252b6da39cb7e067424033fab1980c835c1f2338ee91350b9d48911def"
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 5 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECIPROCAL SERVICE CREDIT, BENEFIT RIGHTS, AND DEFERRED RETIREMENT UNDER THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE 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%2FSB5-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB5-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 5** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB5.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-17T17:56:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:02:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T14:41:28+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-09T14:42:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-09T19:08:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:10:17+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T14:32:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-02T14:33:02+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-02T19:08:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-02T19:08:48+00:00** Re-referred to SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T19:38:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T19:33:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T19:34:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-10T19:34:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:31:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-10T23:47:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15T19:27:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T19:27:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-15T19:27:29+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:18:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-15T21:19:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-16T15:23:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-16T15:24:05+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17T22:14:03+00:00** Notification that SB5 is now Act 374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3343f90f-c9de-422a-bb79-aa3f8bbb1aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).