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SB00008Introduced in the Senate

An Act Supporting Graduate Students In The State.

Introduced

Introduced by Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee

What does this bill do?

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Official description

To establish the Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program, allow up to ten million dollars in state bonds for said program, allocate not less than sixty million dollars in annual private activity bonds for the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and increase the authority's bonding authorization cap.

Where it stands

File Number 3

March 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Chamber not recordedStage: HED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) · February 24, 2026

18

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

18 senators recorded in this Chamber not recorded vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Timothy Ackert8Yes
Kate Farrar20Yes
David DeFronzo26Yes
Gregory Haddad54Yes
Steve Weir55Yes
Jay Case63Yes
Seth Bronko70Yes
Mary Fortier79Yes
Laurie Sweet91Yes
Kara Rochelle104Yes

Bill history

  1. Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement

  2. Vote to Draft

  3. Drafted by Committee

  4. Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement

  5. Public Hearing 02/17

  6. Joint Favorable Substitute

  7. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  8. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/09/26 12:00 PM

  9. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  10. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  11. Senate Calendar Number 37

  12. File Number 3

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