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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS."
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description: "TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1879"
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citation: "Arkansas HB 1879 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "Irvin"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-04-06T20:13:37+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-04-28T19:43:49+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f010bd5f-87bd-43f0-8ecd-239c1f899f00"
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source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "f1f759321864ad43f93ef1aa4aa8c6f3e706d3afcb710b2514e8ff2111ede6e9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas HB 1879 (2021) — TO ALLOW DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO RECEIVE TUITION WAIVERS TO PRIVATE, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CAP THE AMOUNT OF THE TUITION WAIVER FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN VETERANS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1879** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1879.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C. Cooper — primary (person)
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- Irvin — primary (person)
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- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-06T20:13:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2021-04-06T22:32:27+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`
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- **2021-04-13T18:04:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-14T19:09:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-14T22:28:35+00:00** Received from the House.
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- **2021-04-14T22:28:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-22T02:36:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-23T02:30:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-23T02:30:45+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
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- **2021-04-23T02:59:50+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
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- **2021-04-23T02:59:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
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- **2021-04-23T18:04:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
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- **2021-04-28T19:43:49+00:00** Notification that HB1879 is now Act 988 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f010bd5f-87bd-43f0-8ecd-239c1f899f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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