Relating to education; to create the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program to be administered by the State Treasurer; to define "eligible institutions"; to authorize the State Treasurer to establish terms and conditions of loans; to require reporting of contract terms and on the operation of the program; to establish the Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Loan Program Fund in the State Treasury to receive appropriations from the Legislature for funding loans and loan repayments; and to provide for recovery of amounts due.
Summary
Education, Distressed Institutions of Higher Education Revolving Loan Program established within the Office of the State Treasurer, eligible institutions defined, fund established
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced May 2, 2023
Signed Jun 16, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 4, 2023 · House May 25, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
May 4, 2023
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican26
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 6, 2023
Introduced
Executive Amendment
upper
May 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education)
lower
May 4, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Ways and Means Education)
lower
May 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
upper
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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