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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Arkansas SB 160 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Warren"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30T22:05:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:34:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8436df9-0a5e-45c9-800e-1829a53dcdd9"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "260be98620e13711f7c539941888a0c15f81eae0c62b4a6712f6a827d03ac0e6"
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 160 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=589.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB160-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB160.pdf)
## Sponsors
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-30T22:05:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-30T23:03:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T13:00:13+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-31T13:00:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-31T18:41:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T18:41:24+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:18:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02T19:10:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T19:11:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T21:58:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:42:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T02:04:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:04:46+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:10:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-08T18:10:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T14:04:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-09T14:04:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-14T22:34:31+00:00** Notification that SB160 is now Act 589 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8436df9-0a5e-45c9-800e-1829a53dcdd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).