Substitute for S.B. No. 8
Session Year 2023
 

AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND GRADUATE RETENTION.

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.

Introduced by:
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
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   Text of Bill
 APP Joint Favorable  [doc]
 File No. 139 [doc]
 HED Joint Favorable  [doc]
 Committee Bill  [doc]
 Proposed Bill  [doc]
   Called Amendments
 Senate Schedule A LCO# 8705 (D) [doc]
   Votes
 Senate Roll Call Vote 261
   Committee Actions
 APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 HED Joint Fav. Rpt
 HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 HED Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
   Fiscal Notes
 Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 8705 (See Fiscal Note Details)
 Fiscal Note for SB-8, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 8705)
 Fiscal Note For File Copy 139
   Bill Analyses
 Bill Analysis for SB-8, as amended by Senate "A"
 Bill Analysis For File Copy 139

Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 5/26/2023House Calendar Number 597
 5/26/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 5/25/2023Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
 5/25/2023Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
 5/25/2023Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8705
 5/9/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 5/9/2023No New File by Committee on Appropriations
 5/9/2023(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/8/2023(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 5/8/2023(APP)Joint Favorable
 5/3/2023Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
 3/21/2023(LCO)File Number 139
 3/21/2023Senate Calendar Number 104
 3/21/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 3/21/2023(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/14/2023(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 5:00 PM
 3/7/2023(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/7/2023(HED)Joint Favorable
 2/24/2023Public Hearing 03/02
 2/23/2023Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
 2/22/2023Drafted by Committee
 1/19/2023(HED)Vote to Draft
 1/4/2023Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement

Co-sponsors of SB-8

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.
Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.
Sen. Jorge Cabrera, 17th Dist.
Sen. Christine Cohen, 12th Dist.
Sen. Mae Flexer, 29th Dist.
Sen. John W. Fonfara, 1st Dist.
Sen. Herron Gaston, 23rd Dist.
Sen. Jan Hochadel, 13th Dist.
Sen. Julie Kushner, 24th Dist.
Sen. Matthew L. Lesser, 9th Dist.
Sen. Rick Lopes, 6th Dist.
Sen. Ceci Maher, 26th Dist.
Sen. James J. Maroney, 14th Dist.
Sen. Martha Marx, 20th Dist.
Sen. Douglas McCrory, 2nd Dist.
Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, 27th Dist.
Sen. Marilyn V. Moore, 22nd Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Sen. Derek Slap, 5th Dist.
Sen. Gary A. Winfield, 10th Dist.
Rep. Anthony L. Nolan, 39th Dist.
Rep. Gary A. Turco, 27th Dist.
Rep. Geraldo C. Reyes, 75th Dist.
Rep. Dominique Johnson, 143rd Dist.
Public Hearing Testimony  

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