---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Arkansas SB 135 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Jean"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26T16:22:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:50:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/620043f7-dae3-4278-abf1-19a41e36fbcf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6520ae3aac8f798b0b9d66ce441b125985485557d963b12aeac83fba481d2131"
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 135 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DURATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=458.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB135-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB135.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T16:22:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T16:35:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T13:15:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-16T13:15:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-16T13:15:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-16T16:22:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T16:22:36+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:30:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:24:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:24:35+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-28T19:24:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:05:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:48:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:48:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:48:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-29T19:48:59+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:36:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:36:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T15:45:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-30T15:46:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:50:10+00:00** Notification that SB135 is now Act 458 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/620043f7-dae3-4278-abf1-19a41e36fbcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).