BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

SB 6156: Higher ed funding & access

Providing economically responsible solutions for higher education funding and access.

Summary

Provides economically responsible solutions for higher education funding and access by: (1) Establishing a surcharge that results in students at institutions of higher education paying the equivalent of the full cost of instruction for students not on track to complete their course of study in a timely fashion; (2) Lowering the percent of operating fees that may be waived by each institution of higher education.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to economically responsible solutions for higher education funding and access;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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

SB 6156 (2025–26) Plastics/recycled content · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6156 (2023–24) Local elections · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6156 (2019–20) Collector vehicles · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6156 (2017–18) Chiropractic QAC authority · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6156 (2015–16) Medicaid false claims act · Enacted · Chapter 147, Laws of 2016
SB 6156 (2013–14) Transp. corridor projects · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6156 (2011–12) Wine producer liens · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6156 (2007–08) State government · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 501, Laws of 2007