---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Arkansas SB 115 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-24T21:13:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-20T19:24:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a8e07c-760b-405f-ad7a-a3e8bff52f58"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "43a3d68eff52e18f14406dda2c67e96bcd5917f42f5a42c0ff6fb20510a85a32"
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 115 (2023) — TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS 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 77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=77.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB115.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T21:13:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T19:14:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T19:12:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07T19:32:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T19:32:46+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-07T19:32:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-07T20:25:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-07T22:44:21+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:16:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:16:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-08T20:16:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-08T21:10:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-08T21:10:19+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-08T21:11:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-08T21:11:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20T19:24:14+00:00** Notification that SB115 is now Act 77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95a8e07c-760b-405f-ad7a-a3e8bff52f58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).