---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Arkansas SB 116 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T21:15:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T17:28:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a57c428-2e66-40c5-8844-62be406d0df9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b5d9f9f8bc4a8daac3be2387cee7d1f0fb9fcb81d51330f081514a7e26962478"
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 116 (2023) — TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF PERMISSIVE SERVICE CREDIT 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. **Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=125.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB116.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T21:15:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T19:15:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T19:14:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14T19:27:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T19:27:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-14T19:27:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-14T19:56:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-14T22:29:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T20:28:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:28:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T20:28:45+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:43:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:44:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T14:16:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-16T14:16:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T17:28:49+00:00** Notification that SB116 is now Act 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a57c428-2e66-40c5-8844-62be406d0df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).