TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS TAX-DEFERRED TUITION SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT; TO ADOPT RECENT CHANGES CONTAINED IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; AND TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 22, 2021
Signed Apr 27, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2021 · House Apr 14, 2021
How they voted
33–2
Passed
Total votes 35
Apr 22, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Apr 27, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1509 is now Act 966
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
The vote by which HB1509 Passed was expunged.
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to expunge vote passed
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jane English
RRepublican
P
Karilyn Brown
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
Co
Cecile Bledsoe
RRepublican
Co
Charlene Fite
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Crawford
RRepublican
Co
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
Co
Delia Haak
RRepublican
Co
Fran Cavenaugh
RRepublican
Co
Gayla H. McKenzie
RRepublican
Co
Julie Mayberry
RRepublican
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