---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLANS AND INTERNAL REVENUE CODE-QUALIFIED PLANS OF FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUNDS AND POLICEMEN'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLANS AND INTERNAL REVENUE CODE-QUALIFIED PLANS OF FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUNDS AND POLICEMEN'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Arkansas SB 7 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-18T20:19:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-10T23:22:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e276b072-5dd6-459f-8410-308796d3357c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e517f4a992e18584bf6fcf616137dc841e417da6c251c74ce27fc99aa2bec302"
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 7 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLANS AND INTERNAL REVENUE CODE-QUALIFIED PLANS OF FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND PENSION FUNDS AND POLICEMEN'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 7** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB7.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-18T20:19:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:06:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T19:19:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02T19:25:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T19:25:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-02T19:25:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-02T20:17:49+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-02T22:15:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-04T20:21:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T20:21:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-04T20:21:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-04T22:36:16+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-04T22:36:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-08T18:08:00+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-08T18:09:00+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-10T23:22:03+00:00** Notification that SB7 is now Act 73 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e276b072-5dd6-459f-8410-308796d3357c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).