FISCAL NOTE

Date Requested: March 12, 2025
Time Requested: 04:24 PM
Agency: Higher Education Policy Commission
CBD Number: Version: Bill Number: Resolution Number:
3736 Introduced HB3319
CBD Subject: Education (Higher); Education (K12)


FUND(S):

General

Sources of Revenue:

General Fund

Legislation creates:





Fiscal Note Summary


Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.


The purpose of this bill is to establish the Restoring Sanity Act to outline state institutions of higher education obligations to discrimination. It specifies definitions, prohibitions, restrictions, exceptions, reporting and spending requirements. The bill requires that all unexpended moneys appropriated by the Legislature in fiscal year 2025-2026 that would have been expended on prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and officers on or after the effective date of this Act shall be reallocated to merit scholarships for lower-income and middle-income students, first generation college students, or to reduce tuition and mandatory fees for resident students.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2025
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2026
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 0 0
Personal Services 0 0 0
Current Expenses 0 0 0
Repairs and Alterations 0 0 0
Assets 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0
2. Estimated Total Revenues 0 0 0


Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):






Memorandum






    Person submitting Fiscal Note: Misty Price
    Email Address: misty.price@wvhepc.edu