---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING SPOUSAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES."
description: "CONCERNING SPOUSAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1276"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1276 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Painter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28T15:39:20+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:28:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c7ed544-a5eb-48cd-a5ae-d640a6b5b56d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f51592b6874a8d3b2067d042e0461beb647bd28e20ec49f63c45faf5aac19da6"
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 1276 (2025) — CONCERNING SPOUSAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=413.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1276.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28T15:39:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-28T23:14:21+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`
- **2025-02-25T16:19:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:57:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:31:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:31:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T22:12:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T22:12:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T14:04:54+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T14:04:56+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T18:27:32+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:28:47+00:00** Notification that HB1276 is now Act 413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c7ed544-a5eb-48cd-a5ae-d640a6b5b56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).