---
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).