Resident tuition rate for active duty personnel.
Summary
Makes the following changes to provisions concerning resident tuition rate eligibility for active duty armed forces personnel and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel: (1) Defines "dependent". (2) Amends the definition of "qualified course". (3) Provides that spouses of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible for the resident tuition rate. (4) Provides that spouses and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible, from the date that the state educational institution accepts the spouse or dependent for enrollment, for the resident tuition rate if the spouse or dependent enrolls in the state educational institution within a certain amount of time. (5) Provides that a dependent or spouse of a person who serves on active duty in the armed forces is eligible for the resident tuition rate for the duration of the spouse's or dependent's continuous enrollment at a state educational institution regardless of whether the person serving on active duty continues, after the spouse or dependent is accepted for enrollment in the state educational institution, to satisfy certain resident rate tuition eligibility criteria.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Feb 4, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2020
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 41
Jan 23, 2020
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican33
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-3)
senate
Jan 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Raatz
RRepublican
P
Phil Boots
RRepublican
P
VS
Victoria Spartz
RRepublican
P
WB
Woody Burton
RRepublican
Co
Andy Zay
RRepublican
Co
David Niezgodski
DDemocratic
Co
FM
Frank Mrvan
DDemocratic
Co
J.D. Ford
DDemocratic
Co
John Crane
RRepublican
Co
Lonnie Randolph
DDemocratic
Co
RG
Ronald Grooms
RRepublican
Co
Sue Glick
RRepublican
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