BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5902

SB 5902: Higher ed financial aid

Changing higher education financial aid provisions.

Summary

$ Endorses the Higher Education Coordinating Board's recommended changes to the State Need Grant Financial Aid program:
requiring students to contribute to the cost of their education; requiring students to document their need for dependent care allowance; and giving the institutions the authority to continue grants for students whose income increases slightly.
C Limits a student's eligibility to receive a state need grant to the equivalent of five years or up to 125 percent of the student's program length. Five years must elapse between associate degrees earned with need grant assistance.
C Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Board to ensure that aid follows the student to the student's choice of institution.

From the Substitute House Bill Report (SSB 5902), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 15, 1999
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 16, 1999
Passed Housestopped here
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Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced: February 15, 1999 in the Senate
Last action: January 12, 2000
Companion bill: HB 1140
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5902, SSB 5902

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 16, 1999

Version voted on: SSB 5902

40 Yea 0 Nay 3 Absent 6 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	22	0	3	2
Republican	18	0	0	4

How each member voted

Yea (40)

Absent (3)

Excused (6)

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History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

SB 5902 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5902 (2025–26) Voter notifications & forms · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5902 (2023–24) State park system/accounts · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5902 (2021–22) High school grad. credits · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5902 (2019–20) Library-archives building · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5902 (2017–18) STEM enrollments · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5902 (2015–16) DOT surplus property, sale · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5902 (2013–14) Driving under influence T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5902 (2011–12) Revenue and taxation T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee

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