New York A 705: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies

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A00705 Summary:

BILL NOA00705 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00078

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSRSayegh

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Add §212-d, Ed L

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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 A00705 Actions:

BILL NOA00705 

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01/08/2025referred to higher education

05/21/2025amend and recommit to higher education

05/21/2025print number 705a

05/28/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

03/13/2026amend by restoring to original print 705

04/28/2026reported 

04/30/2026advanced to third reading cal.392

05/04/2026substituted by s78

&nbspS00078 AMEND= LIU

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp02/03/20251ST REPORT CAL.221

&nbsp02/04/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/05/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp02/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/11/2025referred to higher education

&nbsp01/07/2026died in assembly

&nbsp01/07/2026returned to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp02/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.307

&nbsp02/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/24/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp02/25/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/25/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/25/2026referred to higher education

&nbsp05/04/2026substituted for a705

&nbsp05/04/2026ordered to third reading cal.392

&nbsp05/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/04/2026returned to senate

Go to topA00705 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:04/28/2026AYE/NAY:33/0 Action: Favorable PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAbsentManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Committee:HIGHER EDUCATION Chair:Hyndman 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means HyndmanAyeSmullenAye

LupardoAyeSmithAye

StirpeAyeFitzpatrickAye

SimonAyeReillyAye

McDonaldAyeMillerAye

Bichotte HermelAyeGrayAye

McMahonAyePirozzoloAye

ButtenschonAyeSempolinskiAye

ClarkAye

ForrestAye

Chandler-WatermAye

SeawrightAye

EachusAye

SayeghAye

ReyesAye

GriffinAye

KellesAye

O'PharrowAye

Go to topA00705 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA00705 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 705

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred 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 amended by adding a new section 212-d
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 212-d. Notice of tuition liability policies. 1. All colleges,
 4 universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools shall
 5 provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition
 6 liability policy. Such notice shall be provided in clear and conspicuous
 7 language and include notice of policies related to exceptions of tuition
 8 liability and process for requesting any such exception.
 9 2. Notice shall be provided to the student in both hard copy and elec-
 10 tronic form, and the student shall acknowledge understanding of the
 11 policy as well as receipt of notice. All colleges, universities, profes-
 12 sional, proprietary and graduate schools shall provide additional
 13 notices to all students of the tuition liability policy and its
 14 exceptions throughout the academic year.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 16 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00534-01-5

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