---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR IN-STATE TUITION FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR IN-STATE TUITION FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Arkansas SB 249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10T15:23:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:36:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa666b0-f6ae-4379-b6dd-055c2602856a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2f622743e07432cfd408ee6566b273da71d34f22f0fcd1642ca31a430c0a7f7"
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 249 (2023) — TO AMEND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR IN-STATE TUITION FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY PERSONNEL AND DEPENDENTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=387.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB249-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 249** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB249.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10T15:23:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T19:19:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T14:33:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-28T14:34:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-28T14:34:07+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-28T19:16:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T19:17:06+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T00:23:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:48:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T18:49:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-27T21:12:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-27T23:10:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:26:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:26:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:25:04+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:25:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:54:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:54:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:36:40+00:00** Notification that SB249 is now Act 387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fa666b0-f6ae-4379-b6dd-055c2602856a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).