BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 1847: Higher ed. affordability

Supporting higher education affordability.

Summary

States that it is a goal of the legislature to ensure that state support for the four-year institutions of higher education is at least fifty percent of the total amount of funding the institutions receive from general fund and education legacy trust account appropriations and the operating fee portion of tuition and fees.

From the Bill Digest (HB 1847), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to supporting higher education affordability;

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

Jan 8, 2018By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Jun 21, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
May 23, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 24, 2017By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 1, 2017First reading, referred to Appropriations (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 1847 (2025–26) Distributed alt. energy dev. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1847 (2023–24) Community authority/tax · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1847 (2021–22) Farmworkers study · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1847 (2019–20) Aircraft noise abatement · Enacted · Chapter 105, Laws of 2020
HB 1847 (2015–16) Contact lens price agreemnts · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1847 (2013–14) Signatures for petitions · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1847 (2011–12) Tax preferences/basic health · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1847 (2009–10) Bid limits · Enacted · Chapter 229, Laws of 2009