2006 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 959

CHAPTER NUMBER: 57 File Code: Higher Education
Sponsored By:
Senators Hogan, Currie, Miller, Frosh, Hollinger, Middleton, McFadden, DeGrange, Giannetti, Klausmeier, Dyson, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kramer, Lawlah, Munson, Ruben, Schrader, and Stoltzfus
Entitled:
Higher Education - Tuition Affordability Act of 2006

Synopsis:

Prohibiting in the 2006-2007 academic year an increase in the tuition that may be charged to a resident undergraduate student at specified public senior higher education institutions in Maryland; limiting, in the 2006-2007 academic year, an increase in tuition to a maximum of 4.8% at St. Mary's College of Maryland; establishing a Commission to Develop the Maryland Model for Funding Higher Education; requiring the Commission to make recommendations relating to specified funding for the State's Historically Black Institutions; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/21
First Reading Senate Rules
2/23
Re-referred Budget and Taxation
3/1
Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10
Hearing 3/15 at 2:30 p.m.
3/23
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/24
Third Reading Passed (45-0)
3/29
Senate Concur - House Amendments
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Passed Enrolled
House Action
3/25
First Reading Appropriations
3/30
Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
3/27
Favorable with Amendments
Special Order later today (Delegate DeBoy) Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/28
Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
4/8
Became Law without Governor's signature per Maryland Constitution - Chapter 57

Sponsored by:

Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Sandra B. Schrader, District 13
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
HIGHER EDUCATION -see also- COMM COLLEGES; MED SCHOOLS; etc.
MINORITIES -see also- WOMEN
REPORTS
STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
STUDENTS
SUNSET
TUITION

Bill affects the following Statute:

Education
( 15-106.5 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available
Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
Number: 179934/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 23, 2006   at: 7:03 p.m.     Status: Adopted
House
Number: 144064/01 (PDF)     Offered on: March 30, 2006   at: 4:33 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 764560/02 (PDF)     Offered on: March 30, 2006   at: 11:30 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 24, 2006: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
March 29, 2006: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
March 28, 2006: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0)