provide free tuition and fees to visually impaired residents for courses not subsidized by the state general fund.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Feb 2, 2021
Signed Mar 3, 2021
Floor votes · House Feb 9, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Mar 3, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-03 H.J. 478
executive
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 344
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 354
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 304
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 2
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 2
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 237
upper
Feb 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 70, NAYS 0 H.J. 257
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
First read in House and referred to H.J. 177
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Erin Healy
DDemocratic
P
Hugh Bartels
RRepublican
P
Jamie Smith
DDemocratic
P
Jennifer Keintz
DDemocratic
P
Jess M. Olson
RRepublican
P
Kyle Schoenfish
RRepublican
P
Larry Zikmund
RRepublican
P
Linda Duba
DDemocratic
P
Red Dawn Foster
DDemocratic
P
Reynold Nesiba
DDemocratic
P
Shawn Bordeaux
DDemocratic
P
Tim Reed
RRepublican
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