---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINAL AVERAGE SALARY UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINAL AVERAGE SALARY UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1188"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1188 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T19:10:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:39:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/416dd8a4-b15b-4e27-9f74-fd38e5f9eb64"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "73bbfc59fa9817be8fd96aa9da5c8471765b67b78ba51af78be2734d427f4b39"
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 1188 (2023) — TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINAL AVERAGE SALARY 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 104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=104.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1188.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (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.

- **2023-01-23T19:10:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T20:03:22+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`
- **2023-02-13T16:26:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T20:02:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:02:24+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-14T21:38:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-14T21:38:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T19:54:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T19:54:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T19:54:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:50:16+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:50:19+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:10:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:39:17+00:00** Notification that HB1188 is now Act 104 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/416dd8a4-b15b-4e27-9f74-fd38e5f9eb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).