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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 78: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies

Passed both chambers Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 78 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies. Primary sponsor: John Liu (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): RETURNED TO SENATE.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Democratic/Working Families 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John LiuPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Joe AddabboCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Lea WebbCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. RETURNED TO SENATE
  2. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  3. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.392
  4. SUBSTITUTED FOR A705
  5. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. PASSED SENATE
  8. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  9. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  10. 1ST REPORT CAL.307
  11. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  12. RETURNED TO SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source