---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WITH RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COST OF COLLEGE AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ARKANSAS."
description: "TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WITH RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COST OF COLLEGE AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ARKANSAS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1700"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1700 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-11T15:01:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:16:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d2f291-488e-4ca3-aa09-7dd23500e3fa"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dd8b5bd2ca8313a029397c91df3ce4be773ed99634503e4a9f22c18c975497cd"
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 1700 (2021) — TO IMPROVE STUDENT OUTCOMES BY PROVIDING STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS WITH RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COST OF COLLEGE AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ARKANSAS.

## 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%2FHB1700-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1700-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1700** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1700.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T15:01:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:31:22+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`
- **2021-03-18T13:36:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T13:36:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T15:46:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-30T18:11:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T18:23:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T21:32:59+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:33:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T13:23:33+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-05T13:25:09+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-05T18:13:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:13:48+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:31:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T23:50:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T23:52:32+00:00** Returned to House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-23T00:48:13+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T00:48:19+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T16:59:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T16:40:05+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T16:40:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:28:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:16:29+00:00** Notification that HB1700 is now Act 1066 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d2f291-488e-4ca3-aa09-7dd23500e3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).