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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS."
+description: "TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1879"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1879 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "Irvin"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-04-06T20:13:37+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-28T19:43:49+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f010bd5f-87bd-43f0-8ecd-239c1f899f00"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "f1f759321864ad43f93ef1aa4aa8c6f3e706d3afcb710b2514e8ff2111ede6e9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1879 (2021) — TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1879** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1879.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Cooper — primary (person)
+- Irvin — primary (person)
+- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-06T20:13:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-04-06T22:32:27+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13T18:04:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-14T19:09:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T22:28:35+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-14T22:28:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-22T02:36:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-23T02:30:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23T02:30:45+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2021-04-23T02:59:50+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-23T02:59:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-23T18:04:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-28T19:43:49+00:00** Notification that HB1879 is now Act 988 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f010bd5f-87bd-43f0-8ecd-239c1f899f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+