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H.B. No. 0076 |
Veteran's tuition waiver. |
Sponsored By: Representative(s) Walsh, Buchanan, Bucholz, Esquibel, Hammons, Illoway, Quarberg, Semlek, Slater and Thompson and Senator(s) Boggs, Coe, Jennings, Peck, Scott and Vasey
AN ACT relating to veterans; providing for free tuition at the University of Wyoming and community colleges for overseas combat veterans and combat veteran widows and orphans; providing definitions; requiring a report; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.
1/17/2006 Bill Number Assigned
2/13/2006 H Received for Introduction
2/16/2006 H Introduced and Referred to H02
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Mercer, Meuli, Miller, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.
Excused: Representative(s) Jackson.
Ayes 59 Nays 0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/23/2006 H02 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Berger, Jones, Jorgensen, Meuli, Petersen, Philp, Simpson and Warren
Ayes 8 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
2/23/2006 H Placed on General File
2/24/2006 H Passed CoW
HB0076H2001/ADOPTED
Page 3-line 4 Strike "not presently".
Page 3-line 5 Strike entirely.
Page 3-line 6 Strike line through "amended,". WALSH
2/27/2006 H Passed 2nd Reading
2/28/2006 H Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jackson, Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Mercer, Meuli, Miller, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Reese, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.
Excused: Representative(s) Petersen.
Ayes 59 Nays 0 Excused 1 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/1/2006 S Received for Introduction
3/1/2006 S Introduced and Referred to S08
3/2/2006 S08 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Barrasso, Boggs, Geis, Peterson and Von Flatern
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/2/2006 S Rereferred to S02
3/3/2006 S02 Recommended Do Pass
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Case, Hines, Job and Nicholas
Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/3/2006 S Placed on General File
HB0076SS001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 1-line 3 Delete "widows" insert "surviving spouses".
Page 2-line 8 Delete "widow" insert "surviving spouse".
Page 2-line 9 Delete "widow" insert "surviving spouse".
Page 2-line 13 Delete ";" insert ". For purposes of this paragraph, a child is a combat orphan only if he was under twenty-one (21) years of age at the time his parent died in overseas combat during active service;"
Page 3-line 5 Delete "widow" insert "surviving spouse"; after "credit" strike "or".
Page 3-line 6 Strike "vocational education".
Page 3-line 7 Delete "widow" insert "surviving spouse".
Page 3-line 8 After "registers." insert "In order to continue to receive free tuition, the overseas combat veteran or combat veteran surviving spouse or orphan shall earn a cumulative 2.0 grade point average by the end of the third (3rd) semester of enrollment, shall maintain a 2.0 grade point average after the third (3rd) semester of enrollment and shall otherwise remain eligible as provided in this section.".
Page 3-line 9 Delete "widow" insert "surviving spouse".
Page 3-line 12 After "subsection." insert "No overseas combat veteran shall be eligible for free tuition under this section for any semester commencing more than ten (10) academic years after the veteran's completion of military service. Except for good cause as defined in rules and regulations of the community college commission, no combat orphan shall be eligible for free tuition under this section for any semester commencing more than three (3) academic years after the graduation date of the student's high school class or, for a student with a general equivalency diploma or who was home schooled, the high school graduation date of students of the same age.". BARRASSO, CHAIRMAN
HB0076SW001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 2-line 15 After "person" insert "other than a Vietnam veteran".
Page 3-lines 2 through 4 Reinsert stricken language.
Page 3-line 6 Reinsert stricken "Vietnam veteran"; after reinserted "veteran" insert ",". BARRASSO, BOGGS
3/7/2006 S Passed CoW
HB0076S2001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 3-line 12 Delete the Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0076SS001/AE) to this line and further amend as follows: after "subsection." insert "No overseas combat veteran shall be eligible for free tuition under this section for any semester commencing more than ten (10) academic years after the veteran's completion of military service. Except for good cause as defined in rules and regulations of the community college commission, no combat orphan shall be eligible to apply for his first semester of free tuition under this section more than three (3) academic years after the graduation date of the student's high school class or, for a student with a general equivalency diploma or who was home schooled, the high school graduation date of students of the same age.". BOGGS
HB0076S2002/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)
Page 2-line 6 After "semester" insert "for the University of Wyoming and with the commencement of the summer semester for community colleges". COOPER
3/8/2006 S Passed 2nd Reading
3/9/2006 S Passed 3rd Reading
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Peck, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.
Ayes 30 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/9/2006 H Received for Concurrence
3/9/2006 H Did Concur
ROLL CALL
Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jones, Jorgensen, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Mercer, Meuli, Miller, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.
Excused: Representative(s) Jackson, Morgan and Reese.
Ayes 57 Nays 0 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts 0
3/9/2006 Assigned Number HEA No. 0042
3/10/2006 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0042
3/10/2006 S President Signed HEA No. 0042
3/23/2006 Governor Signed HEA No. 0042
3/24/2006 Assigned Chapter Number
Chapter No. 0073 Session Laws of Wyoming 2006.