---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION SEPARATION PERIOD UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION SEPARATION PERIOD UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Arkansas SB 117 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T21:20:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:15:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09bf2cc-7014-4c3f-81b5-b917e94cdded"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "833012509e751a0c73222023857376e03753be01698744183acaa599cefdf7a1"
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 117 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION SEPARATION PERIOD 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 183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=183.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB117-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB117.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T21:20:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T19:17:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T19:26:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21T19:43:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-21T19:43:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-21T20:11:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T20:18:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:18:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-22T20:19:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-22T20:53:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-22T22:34:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:26:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:26:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-27T20:26:27+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:26:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:26:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-27T21:40:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-27T21:40:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:15:44+00:00** Notification that SB117 is now Act 183 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09bf2cc-7014-4c3f-81b5-b917e94cdded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).