---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TUITION BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD; AND TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING REQUIREMENT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TUITION BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD; AND TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING REQUIREMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Arkansas SB 35 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-04T22:58:07+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-10T18:54:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afba5214-14db-4997-b14d-8a2e26b48b26"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a66406bb47b6ab835d4872b7049d48a48d94c334a412f8eb4f459ff865f52b32"
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 35 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING TUITION BENEFITS FOR SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD; AND TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING REQUIREMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 35** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB35.pdf)

## Votes

- Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04T22:58:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:41:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T20:41:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21T19:20:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21T19:21:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-21T19:35:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-21T19:52:48+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`
- **2021-02-02T17:41:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T19:47:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:47:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-03T21:19:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-03T21:19:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-03T23:26:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-03T23:26:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-10T18:54:59+00:00** Notification that SB35 is now Act 76 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afba5214-14db-4997-b14d-8a2e26b48b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).