---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF UNDER TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE."
description: "CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF UNDER TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1344 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T22:40:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:11:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c666ce-3d93-48b2-8522-c62f872f7a71"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b9ece7c5ce25bbefa3d70746fc8daf19bafb4261c05f2d75034fa5ef900290c1"
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 1344 (2025) — CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF UNDER TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 598** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=598.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1344-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1344.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T22:40:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-30T23:05:42+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the first time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE JOURNAL; ENGROSSED AND ENROLLED BILLS `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T13:39:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:39:47+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:11:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T21:13:14+00:00** In accordance with House Rule 39 Read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T15:32:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:25:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:25:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-03T00:42:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:42:23+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T00:33:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:33:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-09T00:33:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:22:34+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:22:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:22:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:11:05+00:00** Notification that HB1344 is now Act 598 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c666ce-3d93-48b2-8522-c62f872f7a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).