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 Bill Status of SB0099  103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  HIGHER ED STUDENTS-DISABILITY

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Laura Fine - Adriane Johnson, Laura M. Murphy, Cristina Castro, Julie A. Morrison, Rachel Ventura, Michael W. Halpin, Javier L. Cervantes, Meg Loughran Cappel, Laura Ellman, Paul Faraci, Ann Gillespie, Celina Villanueva, Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Mary Edly-Allen, Karina Villa, Sara Feigenholtz and Andrew S. Chesney

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  3/29/2023SenateThird Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that the student is an individual with a disability. Requires the policy to be transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the public institution of higher education determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats and make the information readily available on a public website of the institution. Allows a public institution of higher education to establish less burdensome criteria to establish whether an enrolled or admitted student is an individual with a disability. Requires a public institution of higher education to engage in an interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation for an individual pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but makes the following changes. Changes the name of the Act to the Removing Barriers to Higher Education Success Act. Makes changes concerning the types of documentation that can be provided to establish if a student has a disability.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/24/2023SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine
  1/24/2023SenateFirst Reading
  1/24/2023SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/7/2023SenateAssigned to Higher Education
  2/23/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  3/2/2023SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine
  3/2/2023SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  3/7/2023SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
  3/7/2023SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Higher Education
  3/8/2023SenateDo Pass as Amended Higher Education; 010-000-000
  3/8/2023SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
  3/9/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
  3/10/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
  3/10/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
  3/10/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
  3/10/2023SenateSecond Reading
  3/10/2023SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
  3/17/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
  3/20/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
  3/23/2023SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
  3/23/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
  3/24/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  3/28/2023SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
  3/29/2023SenateThird Reading - Passed; 057-000-000

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