---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF BENEFITS PAID TO SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS, FORMER MEMBERS, AND RETIRANTS UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF BENEFITS PAID TO SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS, FORMER MEMBERS, AND RETIRANTS UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25T18:34:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:43:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1700a4b8-4697-4db0-8c80-9dadda733264"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6ea3465f397e34630422fd50d34f6cf7b20783ef6bfe179ad219869232d98090"
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 1246 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF BENEFITS PAID TO SURVIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS, FORMER MEMBERS, AND RETIRANTS UNDER THE ARKANSAS JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=262.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1246-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1246.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vaught — primary (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T18:34:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T20:06:37+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`
- **2023-02-22T14:34:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T14:35:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22T17:00:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T16:21:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T19:54:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T21:50:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-28T21:50:09+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08T20:00:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:00:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:00:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:00:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:37:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:43:27+00:00** Notification that HB1246 is now Act 262 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1700a4b8-4697-4db0-8c80-9dadda733264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).