All Roll Calls
Yes: 132 • No: 0
ArkansasHB12112025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFY LANGUAGE FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Sponsored By: Ben Gilmore (Republican), Les Warren (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Public workers’ pension pay expands with caps
The law counts more types of pay toward Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System (APERS) benefits. These include career service recognition payments (§ 21-5-106) and payments under § 21-5-1101, including lump sums. It also includes lump sums under §§ 21-5-211 and 21-5-227, and bonuses under § 21-5-228. County payments under § 14-14-1206(a) and municipal budget bonuses under § 14-42-308 also count, with final-year limits. The final-year amount counted for these bonuses or lump sums cannot exceed the smaller of 5% of current-year salary or the prior-year payment.
Retirees face payment limits, keep retirement choices
Arkansas Public Employees’ Retirement System retirees cannot start pension payments until all employment-termination requirements are satisfied. Members and former members who fail those requirements forfeit benefits until they satisfy them. That failure does not cancel a member’s retirement election. The law repeals the separate provisions on payment timing and retirement elections and places these rules together in § 24-4-520(d).
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Ben Gilmore
Republican • Senate
Les Warren
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/17/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 3:02:28 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2025
House Vote - Thursday, February 13, 2025 1:49:39 PM
Yes: 98 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1211 is now Act 131
2/20/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2/18/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
2/17/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
2/17/2025HouseReturned to the House as Passed.
2/17/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/17/2025SenateRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
2/13/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/13/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/13/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/11/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT
1/23/2025HouseFiled
1/23/2025House
Bill Text
HB1211 - Introduced
1/23/2025
Act Version
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