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2015 Bill(s)

* SCS SB 224
Sponsor: Romine, Gary
Status: VETO OVERRIDDEN
Description: Restrict the A+ scholarship program for college students to U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the U.S. In his veto letter, Nixon wrote that the bill would penalize students who came to the U.S. through no choice or action of their own.
See: 
  • House roll call - SCS SB 224 (05/05/2015): 3rd reading and final passage of a bill to limit the A+ college scholarship program to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 224 (03/16/2015): 3rd reading of a bill to limit the A+ college scholarship program to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
  • House roll call - SCS SB 224 (09/16/2015): Passage of a resolution to override the governor's veto of a bill that would deny one of the state's major college scholarships to children of parents illegally in the U.S.
  • Senate roll call - SCS SB 224 (09/16/2015): Passage of a resolution to override the governor's veto of a bill that would deny one of the state's major college scholarships to children of parents illegally in the U.S.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.