---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR A TEACHER’S QUALIFIED CLASSROOM INVESTMENT EXPENSE."
description: "TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR A TEACHER’S QUALIFIED CLASSROOM INVESTMENT EXPENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1157 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tollett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T16:28:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T20:13:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdd61323-d1f5-4adb-9b90-54593ac938e6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b3324b1fec378dfbd9bdc2bd4b0dd74534b21de4be73e47f209310db881b426f"
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 1157 (2021) — TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR A TEACHER’S QUALIFIED CLASSROOM INVESTMENT EXPENSE.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1157-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1157-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1157** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1157.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tollett — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Deffenbaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12T16:28:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-12T19:55:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T13:36:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T13:37:01+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T16:48:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T13:56:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T13:56:36+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29T18:01:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-13T23:15:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T19:49:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:15:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:16:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:28:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T22:33:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T22:33:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:48:54+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T00:48:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:08:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T20:13:18+00:00** Notification that HB1157 is now Act 971 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdd61323-d1f5-4adb-9b90-54593ac938e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).