---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TUITION WAIVERS FOR ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TO INCLUDE PROGRAMS OF STUDY LEADING TO A POSTSECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR CREDENTIAL."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TUITION WAIVERS FOR ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TO INCLUDE PROGRAMS OF STUDY LEADING TO A POSTSECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR CREDENTIAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1005"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1005 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-11-20T16:42:25+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-03T19:33:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8850078b-e9f1-47d7-950e-d809b60b28e3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9ffcd67e4e740d1acf368b33b3a01de48683f75ded80b6d24ea8820567175a77"
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 1005 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING TUITION WAIVERS FOR ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN TO INCLUDE PROGRAMS OF STUDY LEADING TO A POSTSECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR CREDENTIAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=14.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1005.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-20T16:42:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T20:52:38+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`
- **2025-01-23T17:09:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T19:45:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T20:30:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-01-27T20:30:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T19:39:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30T17:25:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T17:26:08+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-01-30T17:43:35+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-01-30T17:43:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-01-30T18:45:56+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-03T19:33:29+00:00** Notification that HB1005 is now Act 14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8850078b-e9f1-47d7-950e-d809b60b28e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).