---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ANNUITY OPTIONS UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ANNUITY OPTIONS UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1186"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1186 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:07:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-02T14:41:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd15a5de-890a-4425-a2db-2e894da6fbb3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7aff85e2a2ad1291375d3262fb1711510411a6c05b8febbf2c5abd48ddfeace3"
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 1186 (2023) — TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ANNUITY OPTIONS UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=170.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1186-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1186.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Collins — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T19:07:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T20:02:45+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`
- **2023-02-16T14:31:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T14:31:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16T16:24:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-20T15:52:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:09:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:09:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-21T22:10:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:10:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:05:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:05:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-27T20:05:38+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:46:07+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-27T21:46:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-28T14:42:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-02T14:41:56+00:00** Notification that HB1186 is now Act 170 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd15a5de-890a-4425-a2db-2e894da6fbb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).