---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO BECOME A PARTICIPATING PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO BECOME A PARTICIPATING PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1268 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Scott", "Unger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T21:49:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T18:13:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec72b10-a2e1-4990-b741-8f09f7e4bce5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fa6b665c3498e3d7b1f405ec615e967c59d41541ae82dd5570eddc0dc85e96c7"
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 1268 (2025) — TO ALLOW A PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY TO BECOME A PARTICIPATING PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND FOR ITS EMPLOYEES TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=450.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1268-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1268-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1268** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1268.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Scott — primary (person)
- Unger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T21:49:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:56:32+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`
- **2025-03-04T22:28:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T21:19:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T23:19:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:19:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T19:17:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-19T19:17:40+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T00:17:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T19:52:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T19:53:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-20T21:28:43+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-31T18:50:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-31T18:50:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-31T18:50:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-03T18:13:31+00:00** Notification that HB1268 is now Act 450 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec72b10-a2e1-4990-b741-8f09f7e4bce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).