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S 6776: Establishes a student activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state university of New York.
What S 6776 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to establish a student activity fee to fund the Student Assembly of the State University of New York. A fee of at least one dollar per semester will be assessed to each enrolled student at a college or institution in the state university system. The revenue generated by this fee will be used solely by the Student Assembly of the State University of New York. The fee will be collected concurrently with the standard bill schedule and must be delivered to the Student Assembly within thirty days. No institution or person other than the Student Assembly will be entitled to any portion of the student activity fee.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6776
- What is the current status of S 6776?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 6776 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION".
- Did S 6776 pass?
- Not yet. S 6776 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6776, and where is it now?
- S 6776 was authored by Sen. Robert Jackson with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Higher Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
| Mar. 24, 2025 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 24, 2025 · 304 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6776 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, CLEARE, KRUEGER, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a student activity fee to fund the student assembly of the state university of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 355-f 2 to read as follows: 3 § 355-f. Student activity fee. 1. There shall be assessed a fee of no 4 less than one dollar per semester to each enrolled student at a college 5 or institution of the state university. 6 2. Such fee shall be wholly the property of the student assembly of 7 the state university. No institution or persons other than the student 8 assembly of the state university shall be entitled to any apportionment 9 of such student activity fee, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision 10 of any rule or law. 11 3. The revenue generated by such student activity fee shall be 12 utilized at the sole discretion of the student assembly of the state 13 university. 14 4. The student activity fee shall be assessed and collected concurrent 15 with the standard bill schedule of a college or institution. Each such 16 college or institution shall deliver the collected fee to the student 17 assembly of the state university within thirty days of such collection. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11251-01-5
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