All Roll Calls
Yes: 111 • No: 10
ArkansasSB1482025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
TO ESTABLISH THE CREATING AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD WORKERS ACT OF 2025.
Sponsored By: Brandon Achor (Republican), Jane English (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New retirement access for childcare workers
The law counts qualifying childcare work as school employment for access to the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. Workers must teach, provide early childhood education, or supervise children enrolled at a licensed childcare facility. Their employer must be licensed and regulated by the Department of Education as an appropriate early childhood program. The employer must also receive state or federal childcare funding through that department. Participation is voluntary and requires retirement board authorization under existing membership rules; one board-approved nonprofit can handle the money transfers. Workers are not entitled to contributions from state funds or matching contributions from the state or retirement system. The retirement board must issue rules to carry out this pathway.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Brandon Achor
Republican • House
Jane English
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/7/2025
House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 9:01:52 PM
Yes: 78 • No: 10 • Other: 6
Senate vote • 4/2/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:05:57 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB148 is now Act 587
4/14/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/9/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/9/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/8/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/8/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/7/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
4/2/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/2/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
4/2/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/2/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/1/2025SenateRe-referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT
3/12/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/12/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
3/12/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
3/12/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT
1/30/2025SenateFiled
1/30/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB148 - Introduced
1/30/2025
Act Version
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