Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Budget and Appropriations Committee on July 14, 2016. The 2016–2017 session has ended.
2016–2017 Session
Assembly Bill 1757
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 12
Cleopatra G. Tucker, Gordon M. Johnson, Daniel R. Benson, Wayne P. DeAngelo
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 12
Chief co-sponsors from Feb 18
21 co-sponsors
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Benjie E. Wimberly, John F. McKeon, Annette Quijano, Erik Peterson, Craig J. Coughlin, Tim Eustace, Gabriela M. Mosquera, Nancy J. Pinkin, Mila M. Jasey, Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, Pamela R. Lampitt, Patricia Egan Jones, Gail Phoebus, John DiMaio, Parker Space, DiAnne C. Gove, Brian E. Rumpf, Joe Howarth, Jamel C. Holley, Scott T. Rumana
Its course
January 27 to July 14, 2016, 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 action6 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyJan 27 to Feb 1822 days
Military and Veterans' AffairsJan 27 to Feb 812 days
In the SenateFeb 18 to Jul 14 · stopped147 days
Military and Veterans' AffairsFeb 29 to Jul 14136 days
Budget and AppropriationsJul 14 to Jul 14 · stopped0 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading73–0
Passed · Feb 18
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 27 – Feb 18
- Jan 27Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Military and Veterans' Affairs
- Feb 8Military and Veterans' Affairs recommended it
- Read a second time
- Feb 18Passed the General Assembly, 73 to 0
In the Senate Feb 29 – Jul 14
- Feb 29Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Military and Veterans' Affairs
- Jul 14Military and Veterans' Affairs recommended it
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations