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Higher Education Committee: votes and referrals on 15 bills (committee meeting summary)
Summary
The Senate Committee on Higher Education considered 15 bills spanning expedited program approval, board appointments, funding conditions, training requirements, licensure compacts, campus services and student-access measures. This summary lists each bill as described on the committee agenda and the committee’s recorded outcome or referral.
The New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education convened and considered 15 bills. The committee recorded votes, referrals and recommendations for each measure as shown below. This summary uses the bill descriptions read into the record and the committee’s announced procedural outcomes.
Votes and referrals (as recorded in committee):
- Senate bill 610 (by Senator Stavisky, on expedited approval for registration of new curricula for nonprofit colleges and SUNY/CUNY): Reported to the floor; if enacted would take effect 90 days after becoming law.
- Senate bill (number in transcript read as "This bill amends the education law to ensure that gubernatorial and mayoral appointments to the State University of New York and the City University of New York boards of trustees are independent of the appointing entities"): Reported to the floor; if enacted would take effect immediately and apply to trustees appointed on or after the effective date.
- Senate bill 1268 (by Senator Rose; bill to prohibit funding to institutions permitting support of organizations designated under 8 U.S.C. 1189): Defeated in committee; chair announced recorded vote as 8 to 3 and the bill was defeated.
- Senate bill 1752 (Dismantling Student Antisemitism Act): Reported to the Codes Committee; chair and clerical record indicated the committee’s recommendation included "without recommendation" in parts of the roll call.
- Senate bill 2058 (by Senator Webb; requiring SUNY and CUNY boards to implement policy to make emergency contraceptives available for purchase through at least one vending machine on campuses that offer in-person instruction): Reported to the Finance Committee; bill text in record sets effective date as 04/01/2025 and requires boards to adopt implementing policies within 60 days after the act becomes law.
- Senate bill 3915 (adopting psychology interjurisdictional compact, interstate counseling compact, and EMS personnel licensure interstate compact): Reported to the Health Committee; transcript raised regulatory and standards concerns.
- Senate bill 3966a (limited permit for dentists trained/licensed outside the U.S. to work in preceptorships serving underserved populations with pathway to NY licensure): Reported to the floor; sponsor memos in support by academic dental centers and community health associations were noted.
- Senate bill 4707 (establishing a unified SUNY police organization and related amendments to criminal procedure and retirement laws): Reported to the Finance Committee; committee discussed creation of a commissioner role and whether it duplicates existing campus and SUNY Board of Trustee functions.
- Senate bill 4509a (master's in education teacher incentive scholarship program access extended to students matriculating at NY State postsecondary institutions, with preference to public colleges): Reported to the floor.
- Senate bill 53408 (authorizing medical assistants, under supervision, to administer immunizations in outpatient settings): Reported to the floor; memos in support from Community Healthcare Association and personal letters from certified medical assistants noted.
- Senate bill 71363 (adopt psychology interjurisdictional compact; memos in support from multiple hospitals and Telehealth providers and some professional association opposition): Reported to the Finance Committee.
- Senate bill 7375 (allowing credited service for loan-forgiveness program for certain leave periods for eligible attorneys in the Attorney and Indigent Legal Services loan forgiveness program): Reported to the floor.
- Senate bill 7409 (amend chapter to prohibit SUNY from contracting out certain services for Albany Nanotech Complex; memos in support): Reported to the floor.
- Senate bill 7486a (allow Purchase College to include NYS resident Pell-eligible students in student aid from proceeds of a SUNY Purchase land lease): Reported to the floor.
- Senate bill (extension of chapter 219 of 2003 to continue access to instructional materials in suitable formats for students with disabilities through 08/15/2028): Reported to the floor; described as extending the law to ensure access to printed instructional materials.
Procedural notes: The committee combined agendas for two weeks to accommodate the budget schedule; the chair noted several bills will be considered in other committees after referral. The meeting record includes a mix of roll-call outcomes, voice votes, and clerical notations of "without recommendation" for some measures; the transcript should be consulted for exact roll-call names when needed.
