l9n/ Connecticut

2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 8

AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND GRADUATE RETENTION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 26, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) extend the debt-free community college program to returning students, (2) increase the amount of minimum grants under the debt-free community college program, (3) reallocate ARPA funds under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program to the Connecticut State University System, (4) require the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority to establish a Student Loan Subsidy Program to reduce the interest rate on authority loans to individuals employed in certain high-demand professions, and (5) provide a tax deduction to residents of the state who paid interest on student loans during the taxable year.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

21 co-sponsors

Martin M. Looney, Bob Duff, Saud Anwar, Jorge Cabrera, Christine Cohen, Mae Flexer, John W. Fonfara, Herron Gaston, Jan Hochadel, Julie Kushner, Matthew L. Lesser, Rick Lopes, Ceci Maher, James J. Maroney, Martha Marx, Douglas McCrory, Patricia Billie Miller, Marilyn V. Moore, MD Rahman, Derek Slap, Gary A. Winfield

In the House of Representatives

    4 co-sponsors

    Anthony L. Nolan, Gary A. Turco Jr., Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Dominique Johnson

    Its course

    January 4 to May 26, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action23 actions on 13 days

    In the SenateJan 4 to May 25141 days

    Higher Education and Employment Advancement CommitteeJan 4 to Mar 762 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMay 3 to May 85 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMay 25 to May 26 · stopped1 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 25

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 4 – May 25

    1. Jan 4Introduced and sent to Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    2. Feb 22Drafted as a bill by Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    3. Feb 23Sent to Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    4. Feb 24Heard in Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    5. Mar 7Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee recommended it
    6. May 3Sent to Appropriations Committee
    7. May 8Appropriations Committee recommended it
    8. May 25The Senate adopted Senate Amendment A
    9. Passed the Senate with Senate Amendment A

    In the House of Representatives May 25

    1. May 25Sent to the House of Representatives
    All 23 actions, as published
    1. Jan 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 19Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Feb 22DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Feb 23REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Feb 24PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 7Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Mar 7FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 14REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Mar 21RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Mar 21FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    11. Mar 21SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    12. Mar 21FILE NO.Both houses
    13. May 3REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    14. May 8Joint FavorableBoth houses
    15. May 8FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. May 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    17. May 9NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    18. May 9FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    19. May 25SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    20. May 25SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    21. May 25RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSESenate
    22. May 26FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    23. May 26HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives