---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1931"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1931 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-14T20:39:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:36:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e77a8d8-bf8a-48fe-a9a6-1b81f1267472"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fd7332564b5073806ede578ee08d107c04903d18a8f3683dbc8337231e9c6f21"
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 1931 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS RURAL MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDENT LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1931** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1931.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-14T20:39:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-14T22:10:11+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`
- **2021-04-20T17:02:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T18:33:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T00:11:46+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-22T00:11:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:16:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T16:42:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:42:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T17:04:26+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T17:04:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:24:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:36:42+00:00** Notification that HB1931 is now Act 1079 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e77a8d8-bf8a-48fe-a9a6-1b81f1267472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).