Legislation on Policy Theme 7 for EM

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POLICY THEME 7: Regulate textbook prices at public institutions

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. HB 1368 (GA)
    • Introduced 2/6/04
    • Prohibits bookstores at public institutions from selling books at more than 15% above wholesale
  2. HB 3745 (IL)
    • Introduced 2/24/06
    • Mandates selling textbooks at 20-40% below retail
  3. SB 151 (OH)
    • Introduced 4/24/07
    • Bookstores must buy back books at 50% of intended resell price


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