---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1157 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16T16:44:28+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T23:27:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a40c5aa-0084-4352-9861-fbd868e66b9f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1655eb328ec73bdd06d5508ca9cce0573b0152fa84961eaa0b6a2e6712f3a586"
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 1157 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR ANNUITY BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN 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 225** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=225.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1157.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16T16:44:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-16T22:50:09+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`
- **2025-02-18T21:05:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:09:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T20:09:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-19T22:39:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-19T22:39:49+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T20:35:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T20:35:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-24T20:35:42+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-24T21:36:54+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-24T21:36:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-24T21:37:01+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-27T23:27:31+00:00** Notification that HB1157 is now Act 225 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a40c5aa-0084-4352-9861-fbd868e66b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).