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H1431 • 2025

An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

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Sponsor
Sean Garballey
Last action
2025-10-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children

An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1431) of Sean Garballey, Joanne M.
  • Comerford and Dennis C.
  • Gallagher relative to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-27 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-07-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/18/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Higher Education

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children
By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1431) of Sean Garballey, Joanne M. Comerford and Dennis C. Gallagher relative to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children. Higher Education.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1431

SECTION 1. Section 19 of chapter 15A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 44, the word “state-supported”.

SECTION 2. Said section 19 of said chapter 15A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “provide”, in line 58, the following word:- full.

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