---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO VARIOUS CITY OFFICIALS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO VARIOUS CITY OFFICIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Arkansas SB 153 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T22:03:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:34:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ee50fe-6f10-41ad-b8a3-61475047012a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "15da797e0c52ebfeff5ebc7eb36c137af2a734a52231e797177bc9eda6d53ff6"
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 SB 153 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF TITLE 24 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO VARIOUS CITY OFFICIALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=588.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB153-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 153** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB153.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30T22:03:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-30T23:01:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T12:59:03+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-31T12:59:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T18:40:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T18:40:22+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:17:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T19:08:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:08:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:58:05+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:42:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T02:03:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:03:22+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:09:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:09:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:03:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:03:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:34:13+00:00** Notification that SB153 is now Act 588 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9ee50fe-6f10-41ad-b8a3-61475047012a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).