Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act. Requires a public institution of higher education to adopt a policy that makes certain documentation submitted by an enrolled or admitted student sufficient to establish that the student is an individual with a disability. Requires the policy to be transparent and explicit regarding information about the process by which the public institution of higher education determines eligibility for accommodations for an individual with a disability. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall disseminate such information to students, parents, and faculty in accessible formats and make the information readily available on a public website of the institution. Allows a public institution of higher education to establish less burdensome criteria to establish whether an enrolled or admitted student is an individual with a disability. Requires a public institution of higher education to engage in an interactive process to establish a reasonable accommodation for an individual pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/6/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gregg Johnson
2/7/2023	House	First Reading
2/7/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2023	House	Assigned to Higher Education Committee
2/28/2023	House	Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Robyn Gabel
2/28/2023	House	Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
3/10/2023	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

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