AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - FEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES - VETERANS (Authorizes state higher education institutions to waive application and transcript fees for veterans.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Last action May 9, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 8, 2019
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
May 8, 2019
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
3
May 9, 2019
Committee
05/09/2019 Referred to House Veterans Affairs
lower
May 8, 2019
Legislature · Passed
05/08/2019 Senate read and passed
legislature
May 1, 2019
Legislature · Passed
05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 3, 2019
Legislature · Passed
04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
01/24/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
James A. Seveney
DDemocratic
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
P
Lou Raptakis
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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