West Virginia Senate Bill 564 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-04-08 - Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2008

The purpose of this bill is to remove the age limitation for spouses of deceased service men and women to be eligible for special education benefits; to repeal unclear language on granting tuition and fee waivers; change method of calculation limits on percentage of tuition and fee waivers; and to exempt all statutorily-authorized tuition and fee waivers, including those granted to higher education employees, their spouses, and dependents, from limits on percentage of tuition and fee waivers granted by state institutions of higher education.

Relating to higher education tuition and fee waivers

Sen. Larry Edgell [D]

Del. Melvin Kessler [D]

Sen. Robert Plymale [D]

Sen. Ron Stollings [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-04-08		Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2008
2008-03-16		Approved by Governor 4/1/08 - Senate Journal
2008-04-01		Approved by Governor 4/1/08
2008-03-16		Approved by Governor 4/1/08 - House Journal
2008-03-16		To Governor 3/25/08 - House Journal
2008-03-16		To Governor 3/25/08 - Senate Journal
2008-03-25		To Governor 3/25/08
2008-03-08		House received Senate message
2008-03-08		Completed legislative action
2008-03-08		Communicated to House
2008-03-08		Effective July 1, 2008 (Roll No. 59)
2008-03-08		Senate concurred in House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 59)
2008-03-07		Communicated to Senate
2008-03-07		Effective July 1, 2008 (Roll No. 428)
2008-03-07		Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2008-03-07		Passed House (Roll No. 427)
2008-03-07		Read 3rd time
2008-03-07		On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
2008-03-06		Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
2008-03-06		Read 2nd time
2008-03-06		From House Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on Special Calendar
2008-03-05		Read 1st time
2008-03-05		Immediate consideration
2008-03-05		With amendment, do pass
2008-02-28		To House Finance
2008-02-28		With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
2008-02-27		To House Education
2008-02-27		To Education then Finance
2008-02-27		Introduced in House
2008-02-26		Ordered to House
2008-02-26		Effective July 1, 2008 (Roll No. 15)
2008-02-26		Passed Senate (Roll No. 15)
2008-02-26		Read 3rd time
2008-02-26		On 3rd reading
2008-02-25		Read 2nd time
2008-02-25		On 2nd reading
2008-02-22		Read 1st time
2008-02-22		On 1st reading
2008-02-22		Immediate consideration
2008-02-22		Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
2008-02-13		To Finance
2008-02-13		Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
2008-02-04		To Education
2008-02-04		To Education then Finance
2008-02-04		Introduced in Senate
2008-02-04		To Education then Finance
2008-02-04		Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=564&year=2008&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill