New York S 78: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies
Status: RETURNED TO SENATE (as of 2026-05-04)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 78
Sponsors: John Liu, Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Lea Webb, Rachel May, Robert Jackson
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S00078 Summary: BILL NOS00078   SAME ASSAME AS A00705   SPONSORLIU   COSPNSRADDABBO, JACKSON, MAY, WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Add §212-d, Ed L   Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy. Go to top S00078 Actions: BILL NOS00078   01/08/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION 02/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.221 02/04/20252ND REPORT CAL. 02/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 02/11/2025PASSED SENATE 02/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 02/11/2025referred to higher education 01/07/2026died in assembly 01/07/2026returned to senate 01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION 02/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.307 02/11/20262ND REPORT CAL. 02/24/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 02/25/2026PASSED SENATE 02/25/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 02/25/2026referred to higher education 05/04/2026substituted for a705 05/04/2026ordered to third reading cal.392 05/04/2026passed assembly 05/04/2026returned to senate Go to topS00078 Committee Votes: Go to topS00078 Floor Votes: DATE:05/04/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 133/0Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P ER Friend Yes Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC ER Gallagher Yes Levenberg Yes Pirozzolo Yes Smith Yes Angelino Yes Cashman Yes Gallahan Yes ‡ Lucas ER Powers Yes Smullen Yes Bailey Yes ‡ Chandler-Waterm Yes Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages Yes Barclay Yes Chang Yes Gibbs Yes Lupardo Yes Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Chludzinski Yes Giglio Yes Magnarelli ER Raga Yes Stern Yes Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Colton ER Gonzalez-Rojas Yes Manktelow Yes Ramos Yes Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Conrad Yes Gray Yes McDonald Yes Reilly Yes Tannousis Yes Berger ER Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia ER Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz Yes Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera Yes Taylor Yes Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi ER Meeks Yes Romero Yes Torres Yes Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks Yes ‡ Mikulin Yes Rosenthal Yes Valdez ER Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter Yes Miller Yes Rozic Yes Vanel ER Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker Yes Brabenec Yes DeStefano Yes Jackson Yes Molitor ER Sayegh Yes Walsh Yes Braunstein Yes Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz Yes Jensen Yes Morinello Yes Seawright Yes Wieder ER Brook-Krasny Yes ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay Yes Norber Yes Sempolinski Yes Williams Yes Brown EA Yes Durso Yes Kay ER Novakhov Yes Septimo Yes Woerner Yes Brown K Yes Eachus Yes Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky Yes Wright Yes Burdick Yes Eichenstein Yes Kim Yes Otis Yes Shrestha Yes Yeger Yes ‡ Burke Yes Fall ER Lasher Yes Palmesano Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs ER Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simone Yes Zinerman Yes Buttenschon Yes Forrest Yes Lee Yes ‡ Peoples-Stokes Yes Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topS00078 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 78 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LIU, ADDABBO, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amen
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