---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PERMIT A REFUND OF UNUSED PURCHASED SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PERMIT A REFUND OF UNUSED PURCHASED SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T21:41:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T22:54:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3d17cf9-d62a-4df2-8ec7-f7639a3e1235"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "80bff2c5556d3c3111d105e27a83659fe569c1f5d651c901efae4b0ad3bd5435"
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 1199 (2023) — TO PERMIT A REFUND OF UNUSED PURCHASED SERVICE CREDIT 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 55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=55.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1199** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1199.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T21:41:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T22:53:57+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`
- **2023-02-06T15:45:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T20:04:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:04:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-07T21:02:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-07T21:02:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T19:47:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T19:47:47+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-08T19:47:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-08T20:40:19+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-08T20:40:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-08T21:11:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-14T22:54:04+00:00** Notification that HB1199 is now Act 55 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3d17cf9-d62a-4df2-8ec7-f7639a3e1235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).