# Arkansas HB1120: AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas HB1120, AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-02-13 (Notification that HB1120 is now Act 85); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1120-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1120 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-14 - Last action: 2025-02-13, Notification that HB1120 is now Act 85 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (127 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Funding for Arkansas public employee pensions: benefit, medium. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law funds the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (APERS). Its $725 million cash budget includes $675 million for benefits and $50 million for refunds or reimbursements. A separate fund budget totals about $142.74 million, including $40 million for non-em… - Flexible budgets for public employee pension payments: benefit, low. From July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, APERS can make certain budget transfers without prior legislative committee review. This covers transfers between its cash benefits and refund lines and its operating budget's non-employee benefit line. Transfers must be needed because retirees change how they recei… - Funding for Arkansas judges' pensions: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law funds Judicial Retirement System payments and operations. Its $21 million cash budget includes $20.75 million for benefits and $250,000 for refunds or reimbursements. A separate Judges Retirement Fund budget totals about $8.65 million. That includes $500,000… - Funding for Arkansas state police pensions: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law funds State Police Retirement System payments and operations. Its $32.5 million cash budget includes $31 million for benefits and $1.5 million for refunds or reimbursements. A separate State Police Retirement Fund budget totals about $30.29 million. That incl… - Shared funding for police and judicial pensions: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, retirement funds can transfer limited amounts to APERS for shared administration. The Judges Retirement Fund can transfer up to $150,000, and the State Police Retirement Fund up to $250,000. Each system can also transfer up to $50,000 for its pension technology. Tech… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Senate Vote - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:28:34 PM | pass | 32 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-02-10 | House | House Vote - Monday, February 10, 2025 3:12:02 PM | pass | 95 | 0 | 2 | ## Actions (16) - 2025-02-13: Notification that HB1120 is now Act 85 (House) - 2025-02-11: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-02-11: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-02-11: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-02-11: Returned to the House as Passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-11: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-02-10: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-02-10: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-02-10: Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass. (House) - 2025-02-10: RULES SUSPENDED (House) - 2025-02-06: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-14: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (House) - 2025-01-14: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1120 - Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1120.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=85.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1120 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1120.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=85.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1120-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).