---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FROM SERVICE UNDER AN ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS."
description: "TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FROM SERVICE UNDER AN ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1325"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1325 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T18:51:28+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T22:09:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbdf403a-faaf-4fc3-9ad9-a66cec49ed0e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8c82bdae7049b8763dcd8b26d7d6441d235513916bf4ea9b1ea195e9de1e53d4"
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 1325 (2025) — TO ALLOW A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FROM SERVICE UNDER AN ALTERNATE RETIREMENT PLAN TO MEET ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=286.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1325** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1325.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T18:51:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-30T22:59:56+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`
- **2025-03-04T22:28:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T21:23:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:19:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:19:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10T19:50:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:50:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T21:10:24+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T21:10:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:29:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-12T22:09:02+00:00** Notification that HB1325 is now Act 286 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbdf403a-faaf-4fc3-9ad9-a66cec49ed0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).