---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CORRECT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE AND THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SUBJECTION OF ANNUITY RIGHTS TO LEGAL PROCESSES UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CORRECT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE AND THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SUBJECTION OF ANNUITY RIGHTS TO LEGAL PROCESSES UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Arkansas SB 128 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25T21:53:20+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:24:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee183e37-15fc-42de-ae9a-2fb3270b6706"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a24288650703b48e524aa56321a53ed9b101d417f98bf034863fb7370fe89f9b"
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 128 (2023) — TO CORRECT THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE AND THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST SUBJECTION OF ANNUITY RIGHTS TO LEGAL PROCESSES UNDER THE STATE POLICE 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 249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=249.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB128.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T21:53:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T22:13:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:32:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:44:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T19:44:27+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-28T19:44:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-28T21:39:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-28T22:34:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-07T20:07:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T20:07:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-07T20:08:06+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:56:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-07T21:56:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-07T22:01:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-07T22:01:36+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:24:10+00:00** Notification that SB128 is now Act 249 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee183e37-15fc-42de-ae9a-2fb3270b6706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).