All Roll Calls
Yes: 129 • No: 28
ConnecticutSB 000052025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Sponsored By: Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Failed
Summary
To require (1) need-based grants under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program to be equal to four thousand five hundred dollars per student, and (2) the Office of Higher Education to disburse grants under the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program not later than the academic semester preceding the academic semester in which such grants are to be awarded to eligible students.
higher education and employment advancement
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/12/2025
FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 38 • No: 16
Senate vote • 5/5/2025
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Yes: 38 • No: 12
Senate vote • 1/16/2025
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/16/2025
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
Yes: 18 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/16/2025
Senate Roll Call Vote 160
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
House Calendar Number 600
5/16/2025HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
5/16/2025HouseSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
5/14/2025SenateSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 7932
5/14/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/13/2025SenateNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
5/13/2025legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/12/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/12/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
5/12/2025legislatureImmediate Transmittal
5/8/2025legislatureReferred by Senate to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
5/8/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
5/7/2025SenateNo New File by Committee on Appropriations
5/7/2025legislatureReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
5/6/2025legislatureJoint Favorable
5/5/2025legislatureReferred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations
5/1/2025SenateFile Number 164
3/20/2025legislatureSenate Calendar Number 128
3/20/2025SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
3/20/2025SenateReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/20/2025legislatureReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/19/25 5:00 PM
3/14/2025legislatureFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
3/5/2025legislatureJoint Favorable Substitute
2/27/2025legislaturePublic Hearing 02/20
2/14/2025legislature
Bill Text
File No. 164
3/20/2025
APP Joint Favorable
2/27/2025
Committee Bill
2/27/2025
FIN Joint Favorable
2/27/2025
HED Joint Favorable Substitute
2/27/2025
Proposed Bill
1/8/2025
APP Joint Fav. Rpt
APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Bill Analysis For File Copy 164
Bill Analysis for SB-5, as amended by Senate "A"
FIN Joint Fav. Rpt
FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
Fiscal Note For File Copy 164
Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 7932 (See Fiscal Note Details)
Fiscal Note for SB-5, As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 7932)
HED Joint Fav. Rpt
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute)
HED Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
Senate Roll Call Vote 160
Senate Schedule A LCO# 7932 (J)
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