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  • Introduced
    Jan 04, 2023
  • Passed Senate
    May 25, 2023
  • Passed House
  • Signed into Law
SB 8
Connecticut Senate Bill
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AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND GRADUATE RETENTION. To (1) extend the debt-free community college program to returning students, (2) increase the amount of minimum grants under the debt-free community college program, (3) reallocate ARPA funds under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program to the Connecticut State University System, (4) require the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority to establish a Student Loan Subsidy Program to reduce the interest rate on authority loans to individuals employed in certain high-demand professions, and (5) provide a tax deduction to residents of the state who paid interest on student loans during the taxable year.
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House • May 26, 2023: House Calendar Number 597

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Votes
YES: 21
  • Haddad G
  • Slap D
  • Haines I
  • Kelly K
  • Rochelle K
  • Maher C
  • Arzeno H
  • Brown M
  • Cooley F
  • Demicco M
  • Farrar K
  • Flexer M
  • Fortier M
  • Johnson D
  • Lanoue B
  • Lopes R
  • Maroney J
  • Paris C
  • Scott T
  • Turco G
  • Weir S

NO: 1
  • Case J

OTHER: 0
YES: 44
  • Osten C
  • Walker T
  • Johnson S
  • Hartley J
  • Khanna R
  • Exum T
  • Paris C
  • Kushner J
  • Lesser M
  • Nuccio T
  • Marx M
  • Anwar S
  • McCarty K
  • Baker A
  • McCrory D
  • Nolan A
  • Callahan P
  • Porter R
  • Candelaria J
  • Osborne M
  • Reyes G
  • Currey J
  • Rosario C
  • Dathan L
  • Rutigliano D
  • Ryan K
  • Delany H
  • Sanchez E
  • Delnicki T
  • Slap D
  • Dillon P
  • Simms T
  • Felipe A
  • Somers H
  • Flexer M
  • Tercyak P
  • Winfield G
  • Garibay J
  • Gibson B
  • Gilchrest J
  • Gordon J
  • Gonzalez M
  • Haddad G
  • Hall J

NO: 9
  • Hoxha J
  • Kennedy K
  • Berthel E
  • Bolinsky M
  • Chaleski R
  • DeCaprio M
  • Foncello M
  • Zawistowski T
  • Harrison C

OTHER: 0
Actions
  • May 26, 2023 | House
    • Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
    • House Calendar Number 597
  • May 25, 2023 | House
    • Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
  • May 25, 2023 | Senate
    • Senate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 8705
    • Senate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
  • May 09, 2023 | Senate
    • Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
    • No New File by Committee on Appropriations
    • Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  • May 08, 2023 | Senate
    • Joint Favorable (APP)
    • Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
  • May 03, 2023 | Senate
    • Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
  • Mar 21, 2023 | Senate
    • Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
    • Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
    • Senate Calendar Number 104
    • File Number 139 (LCO)
  • Mar 14, 2023 | Senate
    • Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/20/23 5:00 PM (LCO)
  • Mar 07, 2023 | Senate
    • Joint Favorable (HED)
    • Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (LCO)
  • Feb 24, 2023 | Senate
    • Public Hearing 03/02
  • Feb 23, 2023 | Senate
    • Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
  • Feb 22, 2023 | Senate
    • Drafted by Committee
  • Jan 19, 2023 | Senate
    • Vote to Draft (HED)
  • Jan 04, 2023 | Senate
    • Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement