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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 786

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

23 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Billings (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (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) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Roys, Taylor, Hesselbein, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored 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, Subeck and Vining

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue

  3. Dec 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Agard added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 8, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 25, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1