A new Arkansas senator is working to fulfill his campaign promise to tackle ethics reform in state government.

Under the bill sponsored by St. Sen.-elect Mark Johnson, R-Ferndale, state employees, including elected officials, would lose their retirement if convicted of a felony for abusing their office.

“If you’re a crook that stole from the taxpayers as part of your job that you were trusted with then that’s when you would lose your pension,” Johnson said.

Questions remain in the legislature if state employees would lose their entire pension or be able to keep the income they paid in to the system.

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