# Arkansas HB1154: TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S GENERAL OMNIBUS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Arkansas HB1154, TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S GENERAL OMNIBUS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kim Hammer (Republican), Les Warren (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-27 (Notification that HB1154 is now Act 222); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1154-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1154 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO ENACT THE ARKANSAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S GENERAL OMNIBUS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-02-27, Notification that HB1154 is now Act 222 - Sponsors: Kim Hammer (Republican), Les Warren (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (125 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New survivor benefits for teachers’ families: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, surviving-spouse eligibility covers members with at least 25 credited service years and retirement eligibility under § 24-7-701 or § 24-7-702. When multiple dependent children are named Option B beneficiaries and no spouse is named, they equally share half the retiree’s redu… - More workers can join employer plans: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, new employees can join their employer’s PSHE plan when the employer finds them benefits-eligible. They must be vested Arkansas Teacher Retirement System members at hiring, or nonvested members meeting the employer’s less restrictive plan requirements. Employees must sign the… - Job changes required teacher retirement contributions: cost, medium. The law sets a contribution-status rule for July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2025. Active Arkansas Teacher Retirement System members became contributing members after changing from nonteacher jobs to teacher or administrator jobs. Their contracts had to cover at least 185 days. This applied even when… - Employers lose paper contribution reporting waivers: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, participating employers lose the temporary waiver from electronic retirement contribution reporting and payment. The law removes the waiver request process and its deadlines. This affects Arkansas Teacher Retirement System employer procedures, not any stated household benefi… - New price rule for federal service credit: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System members receive federal service credit after making the required payment. Members must pay the actuarial value of their benefits and meet the Board of Trustees’ additional requirements. This replaces the former “cost of service” payment sta… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kim Hammer (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Les Warren (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-24 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, February 24, 2025 2:30:00 PM | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, February 19, 2025 2:03:15 PM | pass | 93 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2025-02-27: Notification that HB1154 is now Act 222 (House) - 2025-02-24: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-02-24: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-02-24: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-02-24: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-24: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-02-19: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-02-19: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-02-18: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-16: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT (House) - 2025-01-16: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1154 - Introduced, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1154.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=222.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 - [HB1154 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1154.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=222.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-HB1154-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).