Bill Title: Amends the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act to make a change concerning the topics of the base survey. Amends the Board of Education Act to remove the requirement that each student member of the Board of Higher Education shall serve beginning on July 1. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities. Provides that the academic major report provided by a university's governing board shall include, among other information, the average monthly student loan payment over a period of 10 (rather than 20) years based on the estimated cost of a student's education and the percentage of graduate jobs in which a graduate who holds a degree in a particular major or program of study remains continuously employed with the same employer in the State for 3 consecutive fiscal quarters (rather than the average job placement rate within 12 months after graduation for a graduate who holds a degree in a particular major or program of study). Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Enrolled) 2026-06-01 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter [HB4979 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Enrolled	2026-05-21	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2026-04-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2026-02-04	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 001	2026-03-31	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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