Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB157: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning benefits under the arkansas public employees' retirement system, state police retirement system, arkansas state highway employees' retirement system, arkansas teacher retirement system, and arkansas local police and fire retirement system; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend the law concerning benefits under the state public employee retirement systems.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND ARKANSAS LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the General Assembly that: (1) This act provide a pension-owned life insurance policy as a benefit to the members of the public employee retirement systems; (2) The pension-owned life insurance policies for the members of the respective state retirement systems be owned by each respective system and provided to each member of the system; (3) Each state retirement system has the ability to offer life insurance as a survivor's benefit to each member; (4) No state retirement system shall be required to offer this benefit; and (5) If life insurance is offered as a survivor's benefit to the members of a state retirement system, the life insurance payment shall be a *LJH098* 04-07-2025 21:41:26 LJH098 As Engrossed: S3/31/25 S4/2/25 H4/7/25 SB157 set amount paid to the member's beneficiary, less any overpayments, with the remaining balance to …
Sponsors
- Jim Dotson (R, 34) · primary sponsor
- Mark Perry (D, 66)
- Les Warren (R, 84)
Latest actions
- : Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
- : Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- : Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- : Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- : RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- : Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- : Read the third time and passed.
- : REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Votes
- House Roll Call #1212 (April 14, 2025): 95 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Roll Call #815 (April 3, 2025): 32 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB157?
- SB157 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.
- What does SB157 do?
- In its own words: An act to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning benefits under the arkansas public employees' retirement system, state police retirement system, arkansas state highway employees' retirement system, arkansas teacher retirement system, and arkansas local police and fire retirement system; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend the law concerning benefits under the state public employee retirement systems.
- What is the status of SB157?
- Failed as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB157?
- Jim Dotson (R, 34), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB157?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SB157
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