BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

HB 2780: Open source ed. materials

Making higher education more affordable by providing incentives for the use of open source instructional materials.

Summary

Provides a tax credit to businesses that create open source instructional materials for use at private or public institutions of higher education, free of charge, if the material is adopted as the primary resource for a course and replaces materials the students would have otherwise been required to buy.

From the House Bill Analysis 2016 (HB 2780), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to making higher education more affordable by providing incentives for the use of open source instructional materials;

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

Mar 10, 2016By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 1, 2016Referred to Finance.
Feb 1, 2016Committee relieved of further consideration.
Jan 20, 2016First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

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

HB 2780 (2019–20) Single-family zones · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2780 (2017–18) Revenue T.O. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2780 (2013–14) School construction · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2780 (2011–12) K-12 education expenditures · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2780 (2009–10) Traffic safety cameras · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2780 (2007–08) Public works contracting · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2780 (2005–06) Payroll deductions · Enacted · Chapter 216, Laws of 2006
HB 2780 (2003–04) Early learning & child care · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor