---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR THE DEPENDENT CHILD OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR THE DEPENDENT CHILD OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1348"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1348 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T22:48:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:47:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9bb9258-2229-4f83-a69d-be333c3550e5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "517234d15b6639e231601d05c093ca2711d9df732cb0b2205fac93be7aabebf0"
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 1348 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SURVIVOR BENEFITS FOR THE DEPENDENT CHILD OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE 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 364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=364.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1348-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1348-S2.pdf)
4. **HB 1348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1348.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T22:48:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T23:20:07+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`
- **2025-03-04T22:29:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T21:27:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T21:27:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-05T23:20:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-05T23:20:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T19:09:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T19:09:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T19:10:19+00:00** Amendment #2 was withdrawn.
- **2025-03-12T21:29:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T20:23:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T20:24:04+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-13T20:24:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-13T22:07:10+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-17T18:45:35+00:00** Senate Amendment #1 read and concurred in, and the Emergency Clause
- **2025-03-17T18:45:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:14:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:47:14+00:00** Notification that HB1348 is now Act 364 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9bb9258-2229-4f83-a69d-be333c3550e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).