S 9034 — Phases out certain mandatory university fees for certain graduate students and adjunct staff
Congress · introduced 2026-01-27
Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged to certain graduate students and adjunct staff, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.
Latest action: 2026-05-06 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Toby Ann Stavisky (—, NY-11) — sponsor · 2026-01-27
- April Baskin (—, NY-63) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Patrick M. Gallivan (—, NY-60) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Pete Harckham (—, NY-40) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Michelle Hinchey (—, NY-41) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Robert Jackson (—, NY-31) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Shelley Mayer (—, NY-37) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Anthony H. Palumbo (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Jessica Ramos (—, NY-13) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Christopher Ryan (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
- Lea Webb (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2026-01-27
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 9034A
- · senate — AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 9034B
Text versions
- Introduced · 2026-01-27 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2026-02-06 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-05-06 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | Jessica Ramos | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Patrick M. Gallivan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | April Baskin | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Shelley Mayer | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | James Skoufis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Michelle Hinchey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Toby Ann Stavisky | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Robert Jackson | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Pete Harckham | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Kristen Gonzalez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Christopher Ryan | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Anthony H. Palumbo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-27 | Lea Webb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toby Ann Stavisky (—, state_upper NY-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Anthony H. Palumbo (—, state_upper NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | April Baskin (—, state_upper NY-63) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Christopher Ryan (—, state_upper NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jessica Ramos (—, state_upper NY-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Lea Webb (—, state_upper NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Michelle Hinchey (—, state_upper NY-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patrick M. Gallivan (—, state_upper NY-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pete Harckham (—, state_upper NY-40) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Robert Jackson (—, state_upper NY-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Shelley Mayer (—, state_upper NY-37) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Lea Webb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Anthony H. Palumbo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Christopher Ryan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Michelle Hinchey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Pete Harckham (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by James Skoufis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Jessica Ramos (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by April Baskin (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Shelley Mayer (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Patrick M. Gallivan (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · sponsored by Toby Ann Stavisky (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-27 · cosponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (cosponsor) · sponsorship