---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF A DEATH BENEFIT TO A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF A DEATH BENEFIT TO A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1879"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1879 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-19"
last_action: "2019-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b67ab743-9cb0-4c0f-a76f-660270a27223"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "23218d2ab1e38d1216017940ebb6bac8418c1be17eceab745b79bc73d6dfd1de"
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 (2019) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH BENEFITS; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF A DEATH BENEFIT TO A DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY OF A MEMBER OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

## 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/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1879.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- House — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-19** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Received from the House.
- **2019-03-26** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-04-02** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-02** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-03** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-05** Notification that HB1879 is now Act 767 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b67ab743-9cb0-4c0f-a76f-660270a27223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).