Legislation on Policy Theme 2 for EM

POLICY THEME 2: Require faculty to consider costs of educational materials

LEGEND

SB: Senate Bill	HB: House Bill
SR: Senate Resolution	HR: House Resolution
AB: Assembly Bill	AR: Assembly Resolution
SF: Senate File	HF: House File
HCR: Concurrent Resolution	LB: Legislative Bill

Proposed and Passed State Legislation (2004-2007)

compiled from ACSFA 2007

1. SB 22 (AR)
   • Introduced 1/8/07
2. SB 30 (AR)
   • Signed into law as Act 106 2/15/07
   • Considers royalties on EM adopted by faculty to be property of school to be placed in a scholarship fund
     • Important in terms of decreasing incentives for faculty to author their own textbooks
3. AB 2477 (CA), signed into law 9/16/04
4. HB 1434 (GA), introduced 2/12/04, mandate textbooks in university system be used for at least 6 semesters
5. HB 4867 (IL), introduced 1/19/06
6. SB 1464 (IL), introduced 2/21/07
7. SB 315 (KS), introduced 2/6/07
8. HB 1262 (MA), introduced 1/26/05
9. SF 1314 (MN), introduced 2/26/07 & HF 1508 (MN), introduced 3/1/07
10. SB 5274 (NY), introduced 4/25/07, discourages faculty from using new editions
11. HB 2380 (OK), introduced 1/18/06, encourages publicly funded departments to examine whether textbooks can be used for longer periods
12. HB 1257 (TN), introduced 2/12/07 & SB 2076 (TN)
13. HB 1184 (TX), require Board of Higher Ed to encourage faculty to use same textbook editions for multiple years
14. HB 956 (TX), introduced 1/30/07 & HB 960, introduced 1/30/07, requires faculty to adopt texts for 3 years with limited exceptions
15. HB 2965 (TX), introduced 3/7/07, prohibits faculty from requiring textbook editions <3 years old unless newer edition is necessary for adequate instruction and supplementary inserts are not available
16. HB 1478 (VA), encourages faculty to not adopt new edition when difference is negligible
17. HB 3087 (WA), signed into law 3/15/06, a.k.a. SB 6699 (WA)

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