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Public Act 25-95, sections 9 to 13 Extended the veterans and Guard tuition waiver to extension program fees and to Charter Oak State College

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2025 Regular SessionTakes effect

Expands benefits Extends the wartime veteran and Guard tuition waiver to extension program fees and to Charter Oak State College.

Requires the community colleges, State Universities and UConn to waive fees for educational extension programs, including summer, winter and intersession courses, for eligible wartime veterans and Guard members, and creates a statutory tuition fee waiver at Charter Oak State College. Effective July 1, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Raised bill HB 6438, referred to the Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs
  2. In committee Done, Joint Favorable from Veterans' and Military Affairs, then Appropriations
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, as amended by House Amendment Schedule A
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeSponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Anthony L. NolanCo-sponsor, House, District 39
  • Hubert D. DelanyCo-sponsor, House, District 144
  • Jaime S. FosterCo-sponsor, House, District 57
  • Eleni Kavros DeGrawCo-sponsor, House, District 17
  • Gary A. TurcoCo-sponsor, House, District 27
  • Kenneth GuckerCo-sponsor, House, District 138
  • Kara RochelleCo-sponsor, House, District 104
  • Bob GodfreyCo-sponsor, House, District 110
  • Nick GauthierCo-sponsor, House, District 38
  • Sarah KeittCo-sponsor, House, District 134
  • Tammy NuccioCo-sponsor, House, District 53
  • Kaitlyn ShakeCo-sponsor, House, District 120
  • Jonathan FazzinoCo-sponsor, House, District 83
  • Rob SampsonCo-sponsor, Senate, District 16
  • Eric C. BerthelCo-sponsor, Senate, District 32
  • Heather S. SomersCo-sponsor, Senate, District 18
  • Martin FoncelloCo-sponsor, House, District 107
  • Gale L. MastrofrancescoCo-sponsor, House, District 80
  • William PizzutoCo-sponsor, House, District 71
  • Paul CicarellaCo-sponsor, Senate, District 34
  • John A. KisselCo-sponsor, Senate, District 7

What it touches

  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-77(d)
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-99(d)
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-105

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Public Act 25-95, sections 9 to 13 on the jurisdiction's own record