SB 720: Resident Status for Tuition Purposes

GENERAL BILL by Osgood

Resident Status for Tuition Purposes; Providing that a person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due to incarceration, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/3/2025 11:09 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Education Postsecondary (HE)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (AHE)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 7038 (c2) by Education Postsecondary Education Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1279	Compare

• Analyses (3)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Education Postsecondary (Pre-Meeting)   1/12/2026
  • Education Postsecondary (Post-Meeting)   1/13/2026
  • Appropriations Committee on Higher Education (Pre-Meeting)   2/4/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/13/2026 4:00 PM	S 720	Education Postsecondary	6 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  1009.21

  Determination of resident status for tuition purposes.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/3/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Education Postsecondary; Appropriations Committee on Higher Education; Rules
  1/8/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Education Postsecondary, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Favorable by Education Postsecondary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Introduced
  1/14/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
  1/30/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed