Higher Educational Facilities Financing
Summary
Higher Educational Facilities Financing; Specifying when the term for a new appointee to the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority begins; authorizing the authority to conduct meetings and workshops by means of communications media technology; authorizing the authority to contract with an entity to assist with administrative matters; prohibiting the authority from entering into a financing agreement with a participating institution for a project if at the time the agreement is executed certain conditions exist, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Signed May 17, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2023 · House Apr 26, 2023
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Apr 18, 2023
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
8
May 17, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 11, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/22/23, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to Education Postsecondary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jonathan Martin
RRepublican
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