Directs Secretary of Higher Education to study prevalence, cost, and quality of certain on-line courses compared to traditional classroom courses offered by institutions of higher education.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Nov 2020
General Assembly Passage
Oct 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Nov 5, 2020
Floor votes · General Assembly Oct 29, 2020
How they voted
71–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 79
Oct 29, 2020
D
Democratic54
87% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Nov 5, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
upper
Oct 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (72-0-0)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Danielsen
DDemocratic
P
TP
Thomas P. Giblin
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Craig Coughlin
DDemocratic
Co
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
Co
JD
Joann Downey
DDemocratic
Co
John McKeon
DDemocratic
Co
MM
Mila M. Jasey
DDemocratic
Co
Wayne DeAngelo
DDemocratic
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