l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2522

Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouse of deceased and disabled veterans.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER OF TUITION AND REQUIRED FEES AT THE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR THE CHILDREN OR SPOUSE OF DECEASED VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OR THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD WHO WERE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND THE CHILDREN OR SPOUSE OF CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OR THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD; TO REQUIRE APPLICATIONS FOR A WAIVER TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTATION CONCERNING THE DECEASED VETERAN'S DEATH OR THE VETERAN'S DISABILITY; TO PROVIDE THAT TUITION MAY BE WAIVED FOR BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING SHALL BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY OF THE TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

7 co-sponsors

Videt Carmichael, T. O. Moffatt, Alan Nunnelee, Perry Lee, Joey Fillingane, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Billy Hudson

Its course

January 30 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 30 to Feb 19 · stopped20 days

Universities and CollegesJan 30 to Feb 19 · stopped20 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 30 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 30Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 30Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate