---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "CONCERNING THE REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Arkansas SB 240 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57be78ed-d07e-4ce3-8fc1-0af765d276e5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d6a0dba931eeea75a93e406b2e575a7041b47faaa21df378ab2e1e9a48cdb8a6"
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 240 (2019) — CONCERNING THE REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=SB240-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 240** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB240.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–7** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **16–53** (fail) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-26** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-26** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Motion by Representative Warren to expunge SB240 vote passed
- **2019-04-02** The vote by which SB240 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-02** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-05** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 2
- **2019-04-05** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-09** House Amendment No. 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** Notification that SB240 is now Act 988 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57be78ed-d07e-4ce3-8fc1-0af765d276e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).