---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT OF A STIPEND FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION."
description: "TO AMEND THE FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT OF A STIPEND FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Arkansas SB 508 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T20:30:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:19:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3301dcc-98a5-4158-b52f-301ee7b574ec"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a74e32afe74e89bfc16814cca84df57c1c9beef675c6dfdd59226e7abc346b57"
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 508 (2025) — TO AMEND THE FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT OF A STIPEND FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE STATE EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT ADVISORY COMMISSION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 756** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=756.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB508.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T20:30:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:01:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:56:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T21:20:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:20:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-01T22:46:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-02T01:49:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:53:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:29:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:29:32+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:33:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:33:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:10:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:10:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:19:05+00:00** Notification that SB508 is now Act 756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3301dcc-98a5-4158-b52f-301ee7b574ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).