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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 829

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (FE)

Environmental protection Higher educational aids board Scholarships and loans

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a climate change scholarship program to be administered by

the Higher Educational Aids Board. The program provides scholarships to students

who are enrolled in an institution of higher education and who are engaged in studies

directly related to programs preparing the students for careers in occupational areas

addressing or responding to climate change. A student may not receive more than

$5,000 in scholarships under this program in each academic year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Billings (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Vining (D)

8 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Haywood (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, J. Anderson, Joers, C. Anderson, Clancy, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Jacobson, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Roys, Taylor, Hesselbein, Larson, Spreitzer and Agard

  2. Dec 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Jan 4, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 25, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Haywood added as a coauthor

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1