# New York S 78: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies

New York S 78, Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by John Liu (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-05-04 (RETURNED TO SENATE) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 78
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2026-05-04, RETURNED TO SENATE
- Sponsor: John Liu (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: HIGHER EDUCATION
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (274 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Liu (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rachel May (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-04 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 133 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 58 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | committee | Higher Education Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 61 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | committee | Higher Education Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2026-05-04: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-05-04: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2026-05-04: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.392 (House)
- 2026-05-04: SUBSTITUTED FOR A705 (House)
- 2026-02-25: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (House)
- 2026-02-25: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: 1ST REPORT CAL.307 (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2026-01-07: DIED IN ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-02-11: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (House)
- 2025-02-11: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: 1ST REPORT CAL.221 (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2024-12-18: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S78)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S78)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S78-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).