Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 2889
Creates Guaranteed Opportunity Program.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Creates Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires Office of Student Access and Completion to administer program. Requires State Workforce and Talent Development Board to monitor program every two years and make recommendations to Legislative Assembly on whether modifications are necessary to enhance state's workforce needs. Establishes that program becomes operative on January 1, 2039. Establishes Guaranteed Opportunity Program Implementation Fund. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission, on effective date of Act, to begin process of developing policy and rules necessary to implement Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires commission to submit report regarding progress on development of policy and rules to committees relating to public finance and higher education during 2020 and 2021 regular sessions of Legislative Assembly. Establishes Task Force on Implementing Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires task force to determine amount of money program will need to raise through bonding, determine which current grant and scholarship programs should be repealed on operative date of Guaranteed Opportunity Program and analyze methods for preventing bad faith participation of individuals in program. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2020. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 6 to June 30, 2019, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Jun 30 · stopped144 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 6 to Feb 137 days
EducationFeb 13 to Jun 30 · stopped137 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly 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 Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Jun 30
- Feb 6Introduced
- Feb 13Sent to Education
- Jun 30Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 6First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 13Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives