Colorado bill to lower tuition for illegal immigrants goes to House panel

Tim Hoover
Denver Post

A bill to reduce tuition costs for illegal immigrants in Colorado has been assigned to the state House Education Committee, whose Republican chairman, state Rep. Tom Massey, has said he would support the bill this year.

But it's not clear if Senate Bill 15 will ever make it to the GOP-led House floor, where Massey, R-Poncha Springs, could cast the critical swing vote to pass the bill. While Massey's vote could help the bill clear the Education Committee, the legislation is set to make at least one other stop — the House Appropriations Committee.

House Speaker Frank McNulty's assignment of the bill came the same day proponents launched an all-out offensive from businesses, clergy and key Republicans who back the bill.

source: http://www.denverpost.com/legislature/ci_20385518/colorado-bill-lower-tuition-illegal-immigrants-goes-house