S.B. No. 8
Session Year 2026
 

AN ACT SUPPORTING GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE STATE.

To establish the Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program, allow up to ten million dollars in state bonds for said program, allocate not less than sixty million dollars in annual private activity bonds for the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority and increase the authority's bonding authorization cap.

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Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 2/25/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 2/24/2026(HED)Joint Favorable Substitute
 2/13/2026Public Hearing 02/17
 2/11/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
 2/10/2026Drafted by Committee
 2/5/2026(HED)Vote to Draft
 2/4/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement

Co-sponsors of SB-8

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.
Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.
Sen. Jorge Cabrera, 17th Dist.
Sen. Christine Cohen, 12th Dist.
Sen. Mae Flexer, 29th Dist.
Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, 22nd Dist.
Sen. Herron Gaston, 23rd Dist.
Sen. Joan V. Hartley, 15th Dist.
Sen. Jan Hochadel, 13th Dist.
Sen. Paul Honig, 8th Dist.
Sen. Julie Kushner, 24th Dist.
Sen. Matthew L. Lesser, 9th Dist.
Sen. Rick Lopes, 6th Dist.
Sen. Ceci Maher, 26th Dist.
Sen. James J. Maroney, 14th Dist.
Sen. Martha Marx, 20th Dist.
Sen. Douglas McCrory, 2nd Dist.
Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, 27th Dist.
Sen. Norman Needleman, 33rd Dist.
Sen. Catherine A. Osten, 19th Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Sen. Derek Slap, 5th Dist.
Rep. Kaitlyn Shake, 120th Dist.
Rep. Eilish Collins Main, 146th Dist.
Rep. Nick Gauthier, 38th Dist.
Rep. Gary A. Turco, 27th Dist.

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