---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1139 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T17:08:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T19:06:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4249f9c-66c9-495b-80e6-049bdacfd59c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "190906eff748d133992e4c1b06a37461d91a187b1a30acf6b65099511b7d1cab"
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 1139 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=143.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1139.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T17:08:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T20:04:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T16:55:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T18:06:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:06:58+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-16T20:08:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-16T20:08:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T20:12:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:12:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-23T20:12:57+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-02-23T20:51:13+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-23T20:51:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-23T21:45:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-27T19:06:57+00:00** Notification that HB1139 is now Act 143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4249f9c-66c9-495b-80e6-049bdacfd59c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).