Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Higher Education Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 2780
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 workforce. Establishes that program becomes operative on January 1, 2043. 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 related to public finance and higher education during 2024 and 2025 regular sessions of Legislative Assembly. Establishes Task Force on Implementing Guaranteed Opportunity Program. Requires task force to determine amount of moneys program will need to raise through bonding, determine which current grant and scholarship programs should be repealed on operative date of Guaranteed Opportunity Program and analyze methods for preventing bad faith participation of individuals in program.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, 2024. 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
January 9 to June 25, 2023, 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 action4 actions on 4 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Jun 25 · stopped167 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 9 to Jan 167 days
Higher EducationJan 16 to Jun 25 · stopped160 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 Jan 9 – Jun 25
- Jan 9Introduced
- Jan 16Sent to Higher Education
- Jan 26Heard in Higher Education
- Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 9First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 16Referred to Higher Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jan 26Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives