---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE EARN AND LEARN ACT; AND TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO WORK AND EARN A PAYCHECK WHILE ALSO FULFILLING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND GAINING THE SKILLS TO FILL THE NEEDS OF AN EXPANDING WORKFORCE."
description: "TO CREATE THE EARN AND LEARN ACT; AND TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO WORK AND EARN A PAYCHECK WHILE ALSO FULFILLING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND GAINING THE SKILLS TO FILL THE NEEDS OF AN EXPANDING WORKFORCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1875"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1875 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Hester"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06T17:55:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T18:00:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266d5abd-296e-4432-8b0d-53608abb58bd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f76bd2dc211a0181b167e9421a15a22e9f04fb396124467c944c943a75d57a63"
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 1875 (2021) — TO CREATE THE EARN AND LEARN ACT; AND TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO WORK AND EARN A PAYCHECK WHILE ALSO FULFILLING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND GAINING THE SKILLS TO FILL THE NEEDS OF AN EXPANDING WORKFORCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1875** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1875.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T17:55:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T22:31:22+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T19:30:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T20:02:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T22:13:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-12T22:13:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:16:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T20:16:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T20:17:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-19T22:10:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-20T14:07:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-21T18:00:11+00:00** Notification that HB1875 is now Act 811 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266d5abd-296e-4432-8b0d-53608abb58bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).