---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Arkansas SB 287 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03T22:02:37+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T20:15:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ca06d9b-9f2f-4744-a529-b8e73c67c464"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8c2c365aca6b941e3b716570b9ac0e65b4a90c71e3c7784030f88480d4570895"
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 SB 287 (2021) — TO AMEND THE SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB287-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB287-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 287** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB287.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Penzo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03T22:02:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-03T22:19:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T14:50:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-09T14:50:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-09T19:32:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:32:48+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T00:48:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23T19:15:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-23T19:16:06+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-23T19:45:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-23T19:45:46+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-02-23T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T19:47:40+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-23T19:49:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-23T22:59:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-23T23:17:38+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`
- **2021-02-25T19:06:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T19:19:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T19:19:28+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-01T19:19:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-01T19:29:11+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-01T19:29:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-01T20:05:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-01T20:05:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-01T20:15:26+00:00** Notification that SB287 is now Act 217 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ca06d9b-9f2f-4744-a529-b8e73c67c464`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).