Higher educational institutions, public; debt collection, transcripts and degrees. (SB159)
Introduced By
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian) with support from co-patron Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Public institutions of higher education; debt collection; transcripts and degrees. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from (i) refusing to provide a transcript or degree for a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt; (ii) conditioning the provision of a transcript or degree for a current or former student on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript or degree; (iii) charging a higher fee to a current or former student for obtaining a transcript or degree, or providing less favorable treatment of a transcript or degree request because a current or former student owes a debt; or (iv) using transcript or degree issuance as a tool for debt collection. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102612D |
| 01/10/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 01/21/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 01/24/2022 | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/26/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB159) |
| 01/27/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22104995D-S1 |
| 01/28/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2022 | Read second time |
| 01/31/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 01/31/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22104995D-S1 |
| 01/31/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB159S1 |
| 02/01/2022 | Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/21/2022 | Read first time |
| 02/21/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 02/28/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/28/2022 | Reported from Education with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2022 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 03/01/2022 | Assigned App. sub: Higher Education |
| 03/08/2022 | Left in Appropriations |
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