---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ALLOWANCES TO ENCOURAGE EARLY RETIREMENT AND MANAGE EARLY RETIREMENT WINDOW INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ALLOWANCES TO ENCOURAGE EARLY RETIREMENT AND MANAGE EARLY RETIREMENT WINDOW INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1326"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1326 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T19:25:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-06T19:33:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a962d30e-3200-4310-9840-aa1d15dde6f8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7366f6e77f7efd980b7aed18c7206966e4af588871dff72a11882249243524bd"
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 1326 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIAL ALLOWANCES TO ENCOURAGE EARLY RETIREMENT AND MANAGE EARLY RETIREMENT WINDOW INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYEES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; 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](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=249.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1326-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1326.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T19:25:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-30T23:00:20+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`
- **2025-02-25T17:24:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T14:36:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-26T14:36:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-26T17:01:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-27T20:22:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T20:22:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-27T21:52:20+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-27T21:52:28+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T20:59:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:59:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-03T20:59:14+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-03T22:28:07+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-03T22:28:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-04T14:31:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-06T19:33:26+00:00** Notification that HB1326 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/a962d30e-3200-4310-9840-aa1d15dde6f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).