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 Bill Status of HB6630  93rd General Assembly


Short Description:  HIGHER ED-ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK

House Sponsors
Rep. Roger L. Eddy - Ruth Munson

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the College and University Electronic Textbook Act. Upon request, requires a publisher of a textbook that is adopted for instructional use at a college or university to furnish the college or university with an electronic version of the textbook if the textbook is for a literary subject or, for a textbook for a nonliterary subject, if the technology is available to convert the textbook directly to a format compatible with braille translation software. Provides that a publisher may not charge a price for this electronic version that exceeds the price it charges for the print or electronic media version of the textbook. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/9/2004HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Roger L. Eddy
  2/9/2004HouseChief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
  2/9/2004HouseFirst Reading
  2/9/2004HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/11/2005HouseSession Sine Die

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