BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
HB 2148: Pay it forward program
Creating the pay it forward program.
Summary
- Creates the Pay it Forward Program to provide tuition assistance to graduate students.
From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HB 2148), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 12, 2026
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Julia Reed (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to creating the pay it forward program;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Julia Reed (D-36)
10 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce.
- Prefiled for introduction.
HB 2148 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 2148 (2023–24) Public school staff wages
- HB 2148 (2019–20) Data centers tax preference
- HB 2148 (2017–18) RTA low-income rebates
- HB 2148 (2015–16) State auditor
- HB 2148 (2013–14) Reproductive health ins.
- HB 2148 (2011–12) Sexually violent predators
- HB 2148 (2009–10) Achievement gap/strategies
- HB 2148 (2007–08) School district boundaries