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2024 SESSION

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HB 48 Higher educational institutions, public; admissions applications, legacy admissions, etc.

Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public institutions of higher education; admissions applications; legacy admissions and admissions based on donor status prohibited. Prohibits any public institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential treatment in the admissions decision to any student applicant on the basis of such student's legacy status, defined in the bill, or such student's familial relationship to any donor to such institution. This bill is identical to SB 46.

FULL TEXT

• 12/21/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104163D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/21/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB48ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)  pdf

HISTORY

• 12/21/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104163D
• 12/21/23  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/19/24  House: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
• 01/22/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/24  House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Read first time
• 01/29/24  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/30/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/15/24  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/19/24  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/24  House: Enrolled
• 02/21/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB48ER)
• 02/21/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/24/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/01/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
• 03/01/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
• 03/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/24)
• 03/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)