# Arkansas HB1207: TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFY LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Arkansas HB1207, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFY LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Ben Gilmore (Republican), Les Warren (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-20 (Notification that HB1207 is now Act 127); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1207-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1207 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFY LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Last action: 2025-02-20, Notification that HB1207 is now Act 127 - Sponsors: Ben Gilmore (Republican), Les Warren (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (133 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More survivor benefits for police families: benefit, high. Families of uniformed Arkansas State Police employees killed in the line of duty gain broader access to survivor benefits. Benefits are available even without the officer's retirement-system membership, completed probation, or enough service. A surviving spouse must apply to the retirement board an… - Clearer pension rules for Tier One: benefit, low. Retiring Tier 1 noncontributory members of Arkansas's State Police Retirement System receive pensions under Arkansas Code § 24-6-227. This replaces the reference to § 24-6-216. The change identifies the governing pension formula without stating a dollar increase or changing retirement eligibility. - Police pensions can cover unpaid obligations: mixed, medium. Arkansas courts can redirect a state police retiree's monthly pension when the retiree willfully violates a minor-child support order. The money goes into the court's registry, and the court decides how it is handled. Employers can also deduct money from annuity payments to recover claims involving… - Tier Two police pension adjustment changes: mixed, medium. The law removes Tier Two pension adjustment provisions tied to the Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation. This includes a cap based on the benefit payable the prior July 1 and an inflation formula. Removing the cap lifts that limit, but the repeal also removes the related inflation-based adj… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ben Gilmore (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Les Warren (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 2:54:30 PM | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, February 12, 2025 2:46:36 PM | pass | 99 | 0 | | ## Actions (12) - 2025-02-20: Notification that HB1207 is now Act 127 (House) - 2025-02-18: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-02-17: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-02-17: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-02-17: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-02-11: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-23: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT (House) - 2025-01-23: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1207 - Introduced, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1207.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=127.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 - [HB1207 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1207.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=127.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-HB1207-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).