**PROPOSED AND PASSED STATE LEGISLATION PERTAINING TO**

**TEXTBOOK AFFORDABILITY (2004-2007)**

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| **      | **DESCRIPTION OF TEXTBOOK-RELATED        | **STATUS OF     |
| STATE** | LEGISLATION**                            | LEGISLATION**   |
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| #       | **Focus of legislation:** Sales tax      | **SB 439:**     |
| Alabama | exemption for textbooks                  | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 4/26/07.        |
|         | **SB 439:** Exempts college textbooks    |                 |
|         | from sales taxes                         |                 |
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| ** Ark  | **Focus of legislation:** Regulations on | **SB 22:**      |
| ansas** | faculty, bookstore, and institutional    | Introduced      |
|         | textbook practices                       | 1/8/07.         |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 22:** Requires state universities   | **SB 23:**      |
|         | to encourage faculty to keep costs in    | Introduced      |
|         | mind by establishing guidelines and      | 1/8/07.         |
|         | policies for them; guidelines cover      |                 |
|         | adoption timeliness, intended use of     | **SB 24:**      |
|         | materials, and bundling issues           | Signed into law |
|         |                                          | as Act 175;     |
|         | **SB 23:** Bans "single-use" textbooks   | 3/1/07.         |
|         | which cannot be used more than once      |                 |
|         | (Exceptions for workbooks/lab manuals    | **SB 25:**      |
|         | that cost less than \$40 exist.)         | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/8/07.         |
|         | **SB 24:** Requires booklists to be      |                 |
|         | posted at college bookstores and college | **SB 26:**      |
|         | websites by Nov. 1^st^ (for spring term) | Introduced      |
|         | and Apr. 1^st^ (for fall and summer);    | 1/8/07.         |
|         | special permission needed for late       |                 |
|         | adoptions                                | **SB 27:**      |
|         |                                          | Signed into law |
|         | **SB 25:** Prohibits use of customized   | as Act 105;     |
|         | textbooks which are not significantly    | 2/15/07.        |
|         | different from standardized textbooks;   |                 |
|         | those containing portions of textbooks   | **SB 28:**      |
|         | would be allowed if price does not       | Introduced      |
|         | exceed 50 percent of the full book       | 1/8/07.         |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 26:** Requires that all state       | **SB 29:**      |
|         | college and university aid be            | Signed into law |
|         | distributed to students prior to school  | as Act 1205;    |
|         | year, semester, or summer session (or    | 4/5/07.         |
|         | within 10 days of students' approval)    |                 |
|         | and be made available to use at any      | **SB 30:**      |
|         | local business, not just the college     | Signed into law |
|         | stores                                   | as Act 106;     |
|         |                                          | 2/15/07.        |
|         | **SB 27:** Prohibits faculty at state    |                 |
|         | institutions from receiving inducements  | **SB 31*:***    |
|         | for textbook adoption; faculty may still | Signed into law |
|         | receive sample and instructor copies and | as Act 277;     |
|         | receive royalties on textbook materials  | 3/16/07.        |
|         | not adopted for their own classes        |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 2228*:***  |
|         | **SB 28:** Requires that state           | Died in         |
|         | institutions make class supplements      | committee       |
|         | available to private booksellers to      | 5/1/07.         |
|         | purchase (at the institution's cost of   |                 |
|         | production)                              |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 29:** Allows off-campus bookstores  |                 |
|         | to promote their products like on-campus |                 |
|         | bookstores, through e-mail,              |                 |
|         | informational packets, orientation,      |                 |
|         | websites, posters, etc.                  |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 30:** Creates guidelines and        |                 |
|         | regulations for royalties on materials   |                 |
|         | that faculty adopt for classes at their  |                 |
|         | institution, considering them as         |                 |
|         | property of the school and placed in a   |                 |
|         | scholarship fund                         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 31:** Bans the linking of state     |                 |
|         | school websites and their stores to      |                 |
|         | other booksellers who do not pay         |                 |
|         | Arkansas sales tax                       |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2228:** Exempts college textbooks   |                 |
|         | from the sales and use tax               |                 |
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| **Calif | **Focus of Legislation:** Offers         | **AB 2477*:***  |
| ornia** | recommendations to institutions and      | Signed into law |
|         | publishers on how to reduce the cost of  | on 9/16/04.     |
|         | college textbooks; increases the maximum |                 |
|         | CAL Grant B award, which is given to     | **AB 2678*: *** |
|         | students with the most financial need    | Vetoed 9/16/04. |
|         | and is used for "access costs," which    |                 |
|         | includes textbook costs                  | **AB 1315:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **AB 2477:** Encourages publishers to    | 2/22/05.        |
|         | unbundle textbooks; reveal price info on |                 |
|         | textbooks, differences between editions, | **AB 1819:**    |
|         | and planned length of circulation of     | Introduced      |
|         | current edition; and update current      | 2/24/06.        |
|         | editions with supplements rather than    |                 |
|         | the creation of new editions             | **AB 1548:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | Requests the UC system and requires CSU  | 2/23/07.        |
|         | and CCC systems to encourage faculty,    |                 |
|         | through the academic senate, to consider | **SB 832:**     |
|         | low cost textbooks, work w/ publishers   | Introduced      |
|         | to create cost-effective bundles, inform | 2/23/07.        |
|         | students of book costs and differences   |                 |
|         | between editions, and evaluate the       |                 |
|         | system of how faculty notify the campus  |                 |
|         | bookstore of textbook selection          |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Requests the UC system and requires CSU  |                 |
|         | and CCC systems, though the academic     |                 |
|         | senate, to evaluate the current system   |                 |
|         | of communication between faculty and the |                 |
|         | campus bookstore                         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Requires campus bookstores to publicly   |                 |
|         | list textbook costs for each course      |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Urges schools to give students as many   |                 |
|         | options as possible for purchasing       |                 |
|         | textbooks                                |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 2678*: *** Would allow public       |                 |
|         | colleges and universities to create      |                 |
|         | textbook rental programs for students;   |                 |
|         | bill would have included charging all    |                 |
|         | students at the institution a fee for    |                 |
|         | the program; therefore, the governor     |                 |
|         | vetoed it and stated that institutions   |                 |
|         | did not need legislation to create a     |                 |
|         | textbook rental program                  |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 1315*: ***Original bill (2/22/05)   |                 |
|         | included the creation of a pilot program |                 |
|         | whereby one city appropriated funds to   |                 |
|         | award grants of \$1,000 to eligible      |                 |
|         | community college students in that city  |                 |
|         | for textbooks and related instructional  |                 |
|         | materials (Pilot program would be        |                 |
|         | overseen by a committee and reviewed     |                 |
|         | annually with recommendations made at    |                 |
|         | the end of two or three years)           |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | The pilot program was removed from the   |                 |
|         | bill.                                    |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Current bill (3/14/06) increases the     |                 |
|         | amount of the maximum award of the Cal   |                 |
|         | Grant B to go towards "access costs,"    |                 |
|         | which includes textbook costs (Cal Grant |                 |
|         | B is given to students with the most     |                 |
|         | financial need)                          |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 1819:** Original bill (2/24/06)     |                 |
|         | stated intent to non-specifically create |                 |
|         | more legislation about college           |                 |
|         | textbooks.                               |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | The current bill (6/21/06) has removed   |                 |
|         | the original intent and focuses on       |                 |
|         | awarding grants to students involved in  |                 |
|         | GED test preparation coursework.         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 1548:** Prohibits public            |                 |
|         | postsecondary institutions from buying,  |                 |
|         | selling, or allowing the sale of any     |                 |
|         | textbook on campus unless the publisher  |                 |
|         | of the textbook posts the following      |                 |
|         | information available to the public (for |                 |
|         | example, by posting it on its website):  |                 |
|         | the price difference between a bundled   |                 |
|         | textbook and the same unbundled          |                 |
|         | textbook, differences between a new      |                 |
|         | edition that has been issued and the     |                 |
|         | prior edition, an estimate of how long   |                 |
|         | the new edition will remain in print,    |                 |
|         | and the amount of any compensation paid  |                 |
|         | to faculty or administrators of the      |                 |
|         | public institution as an inducement to   |                 |
|         | adopt any textbook (except for copies    |                 |
|         | and royalties)                           |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 832:** Adds to the Donahue Higher   |                 |
|         | Education Act, passed in 2006, which     |                 |
|         | encourages reducing course material      |                 |
|         | costs at public institutions; SB 832     |                 |
|         | prohibits public institutions from       |                 |
|         | buying, selling, and allowing the sale   |                 |
|         | of textbooks on campus unless the        |                 |
|         | publishers of those materials provide a  |                 |
|         | full list of the products, pricing for   |                 |
|         | those products, and the length of time   |                 |
|         | each product will remain on the market;  |                 |
|         | the list must be made available to the   |                 |
|         | public by posting it on the publisher's  |                 |
|         | website                                  |                 |
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| **Col   | **Focus of Legislation:** The creation   |                 |
| orado** | of online textbook libraries at state    |                 |
|         | colleges and universities to reduce the  | **HB 1024:**    |
|         | cost of textbooks                        | Signed into law |
|         |                                          | by the governor |
|         | **HB 1024:** Requires the governing      | on 6/1/06.      |
|         | board of each state college and          |                 |
|         | university to consider creating an       |                 |
|         | online textbook library for students in  |                 |
|         | an effort to reduce the cost of college  |                 |
|         | textbooks; these schools are not         |                 |
|         | required to create this library, only to |                 |
|         | consider it; no other information is     |                 |
|         | provided                                 |                 |
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| *       | **Focus of Legislation:** Provides       | **HB 5368:**    |
| *Connec | textbook tax exemption to students at    | Introduced      |
| ticut** | private occupational schools; requires   | 1/19/2005.      |
|         | bookstores at public institutions to     |                 |
|         | offer unbundled versions of bundled      | **HB 6860:**    |
|         | textbooks in addition to the bundled     | Introduced      |
|         | versions; requires publishers to offer   | 3/3/05.         |
|         | both bundled and unbundled versions to   |                 |
|         | those bookstores                         | **HB 5527:**    |
|         |                                          | Signed into law |
|         | **HB 5368:** Allows students at private  | by the governor |
|         | occupational schools to receive the same | on 6/2/06.      |
|         | textbook tax exemption as students at    |                 |
|         | other colleges and universities          | **HB 5145:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 6860:** Requires campus bookstores  | 1/4/07.         |
|         | at public state colleges and             |                 |
|         | universities to offer unbundled versions | **HB 6885:**    |
|         | of textbooks in addition to bundled      | Introduced      |
|         | versions; requires publishers to offer   | 1/24/07.        |
|         | unbundled versions to those campus       |                 |
|         | bookstores                               |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 5527:** Requires publishers to      |                 |
|         | provide information on the wholesale     |                 |
|         | cost and revision history of their       |                 |
|         | textbooks to professors at all colleges  |                 |
|         | and universities within the state;       |                 |
|         | requires the University of Connecticut   |                 |
|         | system, the Connecticut State University |                 |
|         | system, and the Community-Technical      |                 |
|         | Colleges to either give students their   |                 |
|         | financial aid on the first day of the    |                 |
|         | academic term or allow students to apply |                 |
|         | their financial aid for textbook         |                 |
|         | purchases at campus bookstores, even if  |                 |
|         | they have not yet received the financial |                 |
|         | aid disbursement                         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 5145:** Requires all college books  |                 |
|         | at public institutions to offer bundled  |                 |
|         | components separately                    |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 6885:** Deletes clause in original  |                 |
|         | bill which called for Department of      |                 |
|         | Education to study feasibility of        |                 |
|         | textbook rental programs at public       |                 |
|         | institutions; requires Department of     |                 |
|         | Education to evaluate the availability   |                 |
|         | of price and revision information for    |                 |
|         | college textbooks and policies on        |                 |
|         | financial aid to buy textbooks           |                 |
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| **Fl    | **Focus of Legislation:** Offers         | **HB 891/SB     |
| orida** | tax-exempt status for textbooks          | 1720:** Died    |
|         |                                          | 5/6/05.         |
|         | **HB 891/SB 1720:** Allows textbooks,    |                 |
|         | but not other instructional materials to | **HB 15/SB      |
|         | be exempt from Florida's sales tax of    | 1554:** Bill    |
|         | six percent; students must show a valid  | died in         |
|         | student ID                               | committee       |
|         |                                          | 5/5/06.         |
|         | **HB 15/SB 1554:** Same as HB 891/SB     |                 |
|         | 1720, but only allows tax exemption to   | **SB 254:**     |
|         | apply to bookstores that receive at      | Introduced      |
|         | least 10 percent of their sales from     | 12/14/06.       |
|         | textbooks; only applies to students who  |                 |
|         | are pursuing a degree; students must     | **HB 289:**     |
|         | show a valid student ID and proof that   | Introduced      |
|         | the textbooks are for a college course   | 1/16/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 254:** Provides sales tax exemption | **SB 2492:**    |
|         | on textbooks sold at public              | Introduced      |
|         | post-secondary bookstores; books sold at | 3/1/07.         |
|         | other institutions are still taxable     |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 721:**     |
|         | **HB 289 & SB 2492:** Exempts textbooks  | Introduced      |
|         | from sales taxes, prohibits state        | 2/6/07.         |
|         | employees from accepting inducements to  |                 |
|         | adopt textbooks, bans selling comp       | **SB 2102:**    |
|         | copies, requires public institutions to  | Introduced      |
|         | identify required textbooks and notify   | 2/23/07.        |
|         | students of them (including ISBNs) 15    |                 |
|         | days prior to the start of the term or   |                 |
|         | 15 days prior to when instructors submit |                 |
|         | book orders, mandates that textbook      |                 |
|         | adoptions be made early enough to        |                 |
|         | confirm availability of textbooks,       |                 |
|         | places limits on adoption of bundles and |                 |
|         | new editions, requires state boards to   |                 |
|         | adopt textbook affordability policies,   |                 |
|         | and requests study of textbook costs and |                 |
|         | purchasing practices of institutions     |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 721/SB 2102:** Provides tax         |                 |
|         | exemption from payments made to          |                 |
|         | institutions from bookstore operators on |                 |
|         | institutional property; retroactive to   |                 |
|         | 1/1/06                                   |                 |
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| **Ge    | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **HB 1368:**    |
| orgia** | status of textbooks, university          | Introduced      |
|         | taskforce that provides recommendations, | 2/6/04.         |
|         | policy mandate on length of textbook use |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 1434:**    |
|         | **HB 1368:** Prohibits the price of      | Introduced      |
|         | textbooks at bookstores connected to the | 2/12/04.        |
|         | University of Georgia system or Georgia  |                 |
|         | Department of Technical and Adult        | **HB 1397:**    |
|         | Education from being more than 15        | Introduced      |
|         | percent above the wholesale price        | 2/16/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1434:** Mandates that required      | **HB 141:**     |
|         | textbooks in the university system be    | Introduced      |
|         | used for at least six semesters          | 1/24/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1397:** Allows the sale or use of   |                 |
|         | any textbook by students to be tax       |                 |
|         | exempt                                   |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 141:** Exempts textbooks from sales |                 |
|         | taxes; same as HB 1397                   |                 |
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| **H     | **Focus of Legislation:** Creation of    | **HB 953:**     |
| awaii** | textbook lending libraries for financial | Died in         |
|         | aid students and students in             | committee       |
|         | developmental courses                    | 2/6/07.         |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 953:** Requests that the University |                 |
|         | of Hawaii establish textbook lending     |                 |
|         | libraries at seven community campuses    |                 |
|         | for financially needy students and those |                 |
|         | enrolled in developmental classes        |                 |
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| **Ill   | **Focus of Legislation:** Creation of a  | **HB 3725:**    |
| inois** | textbook rental program; designing a     | Introduced      |
|         | study of the feasibility and economic    | 2/24/06.        |
|         | impact of a textbook rental program;     | Carried over to |
|         | reducing the sales tax on textbooks;     | 2006.           |
|         | requiring institutions, faculty, and     |                 |
|         | publishers to participate in the process | **HB 3745:**    |
|         | of reducing the cost of textbooks        | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/24/06.        |
|         | **HB 3725:** Adjusts the tax on required | Carried over to |
|         | textbooks at state universities and      | 2006.           |
|         | public colleges to 1.25 percent by       |                 |
|         | removing the state portion of the tax    | **HB 4867:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 3745:** Mandates that the Board of  | 1/19/06.        |
|         | Higher Education develop a textbook      |                 |
|         | rental program for public colleges and   | **SB 2989:**    |
|         | universities; provide grants to          | Introduced      |
|         | institutions for start-up costs; allow   | 1/20/06.        |
|         | students the option of renting or buying |                 |
|         | textbooks; selling textbooks from the    | **HR 1080:**    |
|         | school's supply at a price of 20-40      | Introduced      |
|         | percent less than the retail price       | 3/24/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 4867:** Known as the Textbook       | **SR 692:**     |
|         | Pricing and Access Act; all instructors  | Introduced      |
|         | of higher education in the state must    | 3/28/06.        |
|         | make an effort to reduce the cost of     |                 |
|         | textbooks; publishers are required to    | **SB 325:**     |
|         | provide, in writing to faculty, the      | Introduced      |
|         | price of textbooks, supplemental         | 2/7/07.         |
|         | materials, and bundles; faculty are      |                 |
|         | required to provide, in writing to the   | **SB 326:**     |
|         | publisher or college bookstore, the      | Introduced      |
|         | textbook order, delineating recommended  | 2/7/07.         |
|         | from required texts, and the earliest    |                 |
|         | edition that the faculty member will     | **SB 327:**     |
|         | accept; faculty or the college bookstore | Introduced,     |
|         | is required to order the same number of  | 2/7/07.         |
|         | unbundled textbooks as bundled textbooks |                 |
|         | for each course order; college           | **SB 1689:**    |
|         | bookstores are required to publicly list | Introduced      |
|         | the textbooks required for each course   | 2/9/07.         |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 2989:** Adds the following          | **HB 1464:**    |
|         | requirement to the Board of Higher       | Introduced      |
|         | Education Act: all public universities   | 2/21/07.        |
|         | must rent textbooks to students through  |                 |
|         | a textbook rental program to be created  |                 |
|         | by the Board of Higher Education; the    |                 |
|         | Textbook rental program must be          |                 |
|         | implemented by the beginning of the fall |                 |
|         | 2008 academic term                       |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HR 1080/SR 692:** Requires the Board   |                 |
|         | of Higher Education to work with the     |                 |
|         | state institutions of higher education   |                 |
|         | to develop a study on the possibility of |                 |
|         | textbook rental programs at public       |                 |
|         | colleges and universities; examines      |                 |
|         | funding sources that can be put towards  |                 |
|         | a revolving fund to be used for the      |                 |
|         | start up costs of the textbook rental    |                 |
|         | programs; examines what measures other   |                 |
|         | states are taking to reduce the cost of  |                 |
|         | textbooks; examines technological        |                 |
|         | possibilities for reducing the cost of   |                 |
|         | college textbooks                        |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Senate version requires the Board of     |                 |
|         | Higher Education to get feedback on its  |                 |
|         | findings from publishers, textbook       |                 |
|         | authors, and private bookstore owners;   |                 |
|         | requires the Board of Higher Education,  |                 |
|         | the Department of Revenue, and the       |                 |
|         | Department of Commerce and Economic      |                 |
|         | Opportunity to evaluate the economic     |                 |
|         | impact of a textbook rental program and  |                 |
|         | include their evaluations in the study's |                 |
|         | findings, along with the economic impact |                 |
|         | of other options to reduce the cost of   |                 |
|         | textbooks; report findings to the Senate |                 |
|         | by 1/15/07                               |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 325:** Requires public institutions |                 |
|         | to report back after they implement the  |                 |
|         | following: set deadlines for faculty to  |                 |
|         | submit booklists; require booklists to   |                 |
|         | be published online with reasonable      |                 |
|         | expediency; ban employees from demanding |                 |
|         | or receiving anything for textbook       |                 |
|         | adoption; establish textbook reserves    |                 |
|         | for students to use at no charge;        |                 |
|         | encourage buyback programs; and support  |                 |
|         | campus book swaps.                       |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | # SB                                     |                 |
|         |  326: Requires publishers to disclose wh |                 |
|         | olesale prices and cost of individual it |                 |
|         | ems to faculty; requires faculty to prov |                 |
|         | ide written booklists to the bookstore,  |                 |
|         | including earliest edition students may  |                 |
|         | use; requires bookstores to publish book |                 |
|         | lists with ISBNs and retail prices on th |                 |
|         | e web; requires institutions to ensure a |                 |
|         | vailability of information on edition re |                 |
|         | visions and post edition revisions on sc |                 |
|         | hool website; excludes institutions with |                 |
|         |  rental programs from these requirements |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | ## SB 327: Exempts college textbooks     |                 |
|         | from state sales and use tax (5 percent) |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 1689:** Requires the Board of       |                 |
|         | Higher Education to develop a textbook   |                 |
|         | rental program for public universities   |                 |
|         | beginning with 2009-2010 academic year   |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 1464** **(Higher Education Textbook |                 |
|         | Act):** Requires Board of Higher         |                 |
|         | Education and Illinois Community College |                 |
|         | Board to require affiliated bookstores   |                 |
|         | to sell bundled items individually;      |                 |
|         | disclose textbook prices; provide        |                 |
|         | explanations on differences between new  |                 |
|         | and previous editions; and promote       |                 |
|         | buyback; requires faculty to consider    |                 |
|         | less costly options when choosing course |                 |
|         | materials and work with publishers to    |                 |
|         | create bundles if they deliver cost      |                 |
|         | savings                                  |                 |
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| **In    | **Focus of Legislation:** State sales    | **SB 16**:      |
| diana** | tax exemption on textbooks               | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/16/07.        |
|         | **SB 16/HB 1311:** Waives state sales    |                 |
|         | taxes for purchasers that are enrolled   | **HB 1810:**    |
|         | undergraduate students or their parents; | Introduced      |
|         | applies only to textbooks required for   | 1/26/07.        |
|         | college courses                          |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 1001:**    |
|         | **HB 1810:** Exempts textbooks (and      | Introduced in   |
|         | computer software) that are used for     | 2007.           |
|         | course materials from sales tax if the   |                 |
|         | purchaser is a student or parent         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1001:** Provision for eliminating   |                 |
|         | sales tax on college textbooks is        |                 |
|         | included in the appropriations bill for  |                 |
|         | state expenditures.                      |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **K     | # Focus of                               | **SB 315:**     |
| ansas** | Legislation: Provides faculty guidelines | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/6/07.         |
|         | **SB 315:** Requires the state higher    |                 |
|         | education institution CEOs to create and |                 |
|         | implement policies to minimize course    |                 |
|         | material costs; policies would require   |                 |
|         | faculty to: consider the least costly    |                 |
|         | course materials, adopt textbooks early  |                 |
|         | enough to ensure used textbook           |                 |
|         | availability, notify bookstores if some  |                 |
|         | bundled items will not be used in a      |                 |
|         | course so stores can order individual    |                 |
|         | items before the beginning of a course,  |                 |
|         | acknowledge a store's retail price on    |                 |
|         | the books selected for a course, limit   |                 |
|         | the use of newer editions when previous  |                 |
|         | ones are not very different, promote     |                 |
|         | buyback, provide books to financially    |                 |
|         | needy students, and require vendors of   |                 |
|         | course materials to post policies on     |                 |
|         | return and exchange rates                |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Ken   | **Focus of Legislation:** Study the      | **HCR 9:**      |
| tucky** | causes and factors related to the high   | Introduced      |
|         | cost of textbooks; includes elementary   | 1/3/06.         |
|         | and secondary textbooks in the study     |                 |
|         |                                          | **HCR 19:**     |
|         | **HCR 9/HCR 19:** Requires legislative   | Introduced      |
|         | staff to investigate the causes and      | 1/2/07.         |
|         | factors related to the high cost of      |                 |
|         | textbooks; the study is to be completed  |                 |
|         | by 11/1/06.                              |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Loui  | **Focus of Legislation:** Sales tax      | **HB 56:**      |
| siana** | exemption for textbooks                  | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/28/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 93:**      |
|         | **HB 56/HB 93:** Exempts textbooks that  | Introduced      |
|         | require or are "commonly used by a       | 3/15/07.        |
|         | college student in the course of         |                 |
|         | studying for a course" from sales taxes  |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| # Maine | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **LD 1633:**    |
|         | for textbooks                            | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 3/21/07.        |
|         | **Legislative Document 1633:** Enacts    |                 |
|         | tax exemption for college textbooks      |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Mar   | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **HB 25:**      |
| yland** | for textbooks sold to students;          | Introduced      |
|         | requiring institutions of higher         | 9/21/05.        |
|         | education to post textbook lists in      |                 |
|         | advance of the term for students;        | **SB 214:**     |
|         | prohibiting faculty from receiving       | Introduced      |
|         | payment from publishers for selecting    | 1/23/06.        |
|         | their textbooks                          |                 |
|         |                                          | #               |
|         | **HB 25:** Allows the purchase of        |                 |
|         | textbooks to be tax exempt for students  | # SB 166: Intr  |
|         | at colleges or universities; students    | oduced 2/13/07. |
|         | must present their student ID card at    |                 |
|         | the time of the purchase                 | **HB 1092:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **SB 214/SB 166/HB 1092:** Requires the  | 2/13/07.        |
|         | governing board of a college or          |                 |
|         | university to post textbook lists on     | ## HB 204: Intr |
|         | their website in advance of the upcoming | oduced 1/26/07. |
|         | term; prohibits faculty or staff from    |                 |
|         | accepting any payment or benefit from    | **SB 785:**     |
|         | publishers for selecting their           | Introduced      |
|         | textbooks; prohibits faculty or staff    | 2/14/07.        |
|         | from selling their sample copies of      |                 |
|         | textbooks (modeled on Virginia's         | **HB 1269:**    |
|         | Textbook Market Fairness Act)            | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/22/03.        |
|         | **HB 204:** Establishes a task force to  |                 |
|         | study college textbook costs, including  |                 |
|         | how faculty choose books and other       |                 |
|         | factors related to retail prices         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 785/HB 1269:** Requires governing   |                 |
|         | boards of public institutions            |                 |
|         | (universities and community colleges) to |                 |
|         | develop a plan to include cost of        |                 |
|         | textbooks into tuition by the start of   |                 |
|         | the 2008 academic year; prohibits        |                 |
|         | institutions from requiring that         |                 |
|         | students buy textbooks not covered in    |                 |
|         | tuition plan                             |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **M     | **Focus of Legislation:** Places         | **HB 1262:**    |
| assachu | requirements on publishers, faculty, and | Introduced      |
| setts** | campus bookstores to take steps to       | 1/26/05.        |
|         | reduce the cost of textbooks; orders a   | Carried over to |
|         | study by the Committee on Higher         | 2006.           |
|         | Education of HB 1262                     |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 4817:**    |
|         | **HB 1262:** Requires publishers to      | Introduced      |
|         | offer unbundled versions of bundled      | 2006.           |
|         | textbooks; list all their textbooks,     |                 |
|         | prices, including both bundled and       | **HB 1200:**    |
|         | unbundled versions, and information      | Introduced      |
|         | about differences between editions and   | 1/10/07.        |
|         | the intended length of an edition on     |                 |
|         | their website; develop supplements to    | **SB 1705:**    |
|         | textbooks instead of creating a new      | Introduced      |
|         | edition; and give faculty a free copy of | 1/10/07.        |
|         | the textbook to be used in their course  |                 |
|         | or to be given to the library as a       |                 |
|         | reserve copy;                            |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Requires faculty to consider the least   |                 |
|         | expensive textbook option; inform        |                 |
|         | students of the cost of textbooks and    |                 |
|         | how editions differ; and work with       |                 |
|         | publishers and bookstores to develop     |                 |
|         | cost-effective bundled textbooks;        |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | Requires campus bookstores to offer      |                 |
|         | students both bundled and unbundled      |                 |
|         | versions of textbooks; work with the     |                 |
|         | academic senate to review deadline       |                 |
|         | policies for faculty to submit their     |                 |
|         | textbook orders and bookstore processes; |                 |
|         | work with faculty and publishers to      |                 |
|         | create cost-effective bundled textbooks; |                 |
|         | make textbook lists and costs public;    |                 |
|         | offer students other options for         |                 |
|         | obtaining textbooks; and promote their   |                 |
|         | buy-back programs                        |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 4817:** Orders the Committee on     |                 |
|         | Higher Education to study HB 1262; make  |                 |
|         | recommendations if applicable; and draft |                 |
|         | legislation relevant to the              |                 |
|         | recommendations                          |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1200:** Requires publishers to      |                 |
|         | provide a product list, wholesale        |                 |
|         | prices, and estimate times that each     |                 |
|         | product will remain on the market;       |                 |
|         | requires that bundled components be made |                 |
|         | available for individual sale            |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 1705:** Related to taxation on      |                 |
|         | retail sales of college textbooks; full  |                 |
|         | text not yet available                   |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Mic   | **Focus of Legislation:** Allows the     | **SR 24:**      |
| higan** | purchase of textbooks to be tax exempt;  | Introduced      |
|         | urges institutions to arrange their      | 4/20/05.        |
|         | textbook orders in such a way as to      |                 |
|         | enable them to negotiate better prices   | **HB 5568:**    |
|         | for textbooks                            | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/19/06.        |
|         | **SR 24:** Urges colleges and            |                 |
|         | universities to collectively arrange     | **HB 6356:**    |
|         | their textbook orders so as to leverage  | Introduced      |
|         | their position with publishers and thus  | 8/16/06.        |
|         | negotiate better prices on textbooks;    |                 |
|         | explores the possibility of group        |                 |
|         | textbook orders                          |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 5568:** Allows the purchase of      |                 |
|         | textbook to be tax exempt                |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 6356:** Provides an income tax      |                 |
|         | credit for the full cost of college      |                 |
|         | textbooks; the credit is available only  |                 |
|         | after the taxpayer or taxpayer\'s        |                 |
|         | dependents passes the courses for which  |                 |
|         | the books were bought                    |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Minn  | **Focus of Legislation:** Creating a     | **SF 3608:**    |
| esota** | taskforce through the Office of Higher   | Introduced      |
|         | Education to study the cost of textbooks | 3/27/06.        |
|         | and the issues and policies surrounding  |                 |
|         | textbook cost                            | **HF 4032:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **SF 3608/HF 4032:** Requires the Office | 3/29/06.        |
|         | of Higher Education to create an         |                 |
|         | advisory taskforce to study the cost of  | **HF 3924:**    |
|         | textbooks; the taskforce must include    | Introduced      |
|         | administrators, faculty, students,       | 4/20/06.        |
|         | campus bookstore managers, publishers,   |                 |
|         | and representatives from The Association | **SF 1314:**    |
|         | of American Publishers and the National  | Introduced      |
|         | Association of College Stores; the study | 2/26/07.        |
|         | is to include policies regarding         |                 |
|         | textbook selection, institutional        | **HF 1508:**    |
|         | textbook purchases, bookstore buy-back   | Introduced      |
|         | programs, textbook rental programs, and  | 3/1/07.         |
|         | textbook pricing trends and strategies;  |                 |
|         | the taskforce will review other state    | **SF 1989:**    |
|         | and federal laws and other studies on    | Introduced      |
|         | this issue; the findings and             | 3/19/07.        |
|         | recommendations from the study are to be |                 |
|         | reported by 1/15/07                      |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HF 3924:** Adds the text from the      |                 |
|         | bills above to the Omnibus Higher        |                 |
|         | Education Bill                           |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SF1314/HF 1508:** Prohibits            |                 |
|         | institutions from doing business with    |                 |
|         | publishers that have not disclosed book, |                 |
|         | supplement, and bundle prices and        |                 |
|         | edition revisions for the past decades;  |                 |
|         | requires that faculty consider the least |                 |
|         | costly practices when choosing course    |                 |
|         | materials, including using them for      |                 |
|         | longer periods of time, providing        |                 |
|         | booklists in writing, and indicating the |                 |
|         | earliest editions that students may use; |                 |
|         | faculty need to work with bookstores to  |                 |
|         | review adoption process and timeliness,  |                 |
|         | share textbook costs with students, and  |                 |
|         | promote buyback; requires bookstores to  |                 |
|         | stock equal numbers of bundles and       |                 |
|         | unbundled books, post booklists and ISBN |                 |
|         | numbers together online, and adopt       |                 |
|         | policies to price textbooks in a way     |                 |
|         | that may be affordable to students;      |                 |
|         | authorizes but does not require the      |                 |
|         | establishment of self-sustaining         |                 |
|         | textbook rental programs and sets        |                 |
|         | several requirements for the rental      |                 |
|         | programs                                 |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SF 1989:** Replaces \$200,000 rental   |                 |
|         | pilot program with \$1 million           |                 |
|         | appropriation for pilots to develop      |                 |
|         | practices for selecting and buying       |                 |
|         | textbooks; requires publishers to        |                 |
|         | disclose ISBNs, price, bundles,          |                 |
|         | alternative formats, summary of          |                 |
|         | revisions, and returns policies that     |                 |
|         | allow students to pay for books with     |                 |
|         | tuition plans and fee waivers; certain   |                 |
|         | parts of SF 1314 are incorporated into   |                 |
|         | SF 1989                                  |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| *       | **Focus of Legislation:** Publisher      | **SB 2864:**    |
| *Missis | disclosure of textbook price and         | Died 1/30/07.   |
| sippi** | revision history                         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 2864:** Requires publishers to      |                 |
|         | disclose the wholesale price of each     |                 |
|         | textbook to faculty and provide revision |                 |
|         | history for each book, except for custom |                 |
|         | textbooks and special editions           |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Neb   | **Focus of Legislation:** Allows         | **LB 556:**     |
| raska** | students from the University of Nebraska | Indefinitely    |
|         | to use their credit or financial aid for | postponed       |
|         | required textbooks at off-campus         | 2/8/06.         |
|         | bookstores                               |                 |
|         |                                          | **LB 32:**      |
|         | **LB 556:** Repeals the original section | Introduced      |
|         | of the Reissue Revisived Statutes of     | 1/4/07.         |
|         | Nebraska and amends it to require the    |                 |
|         | University to provide credit or          |                 |
|         | financial aid for required textbooks and |                 |
|         | supplies to students at both on campus   |                 |
|         | bookstores and off-campus bookstores;    |                 |
|         | off-campus bookstores are to reimburse   |                 |
|         | the University of Nebraska for any       |                 |
|         | reasonable costs connected to the credit |                 |
|         | or financial aid process and to pay the  |                 |
|         | University any reasonable rebates or     |                 |
|         | commissions                              |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **LB 32:** Provides a sales tax          |                 |
|         | exemption for required and recommended   |                 |
|         | college textbooks and workbooks when     |                 |
|         | students provide a valid student ID      |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **New   | **Focus of Legislation:** Authorizing    | **AB 4036:**    |
| J       | governing boards of public colleges and  | Introduced      |
| ersey** | universities to create textbook rental   | 5/5/05. Became  |
|         | programs; offering a credit to taxpayers | AB994 in the    |
|         | for textbook purchases                   | 2006            |
|         |                                          | legislative     |
|         | **AB 4036/AB 994:** Authorizes the       | session.        |
|         | governing board of public colleges and   |                 |
|         | universities to create a textbook rental | **AB 994:**     |
|         | program for students; requires the       | Introduced      |
|         | student government association to vote   | 1/10/06.        |
|         | in favor of the rental program; permits  |                 |
|         | the governing board to convene a         | **AR 271:**     |
|         | taskforce to recommend how to create and | Introduced      |
|         | operate the rental program; rental       | 5/5/05.         |
|         | programs must be self-sustaining through |                 |
|         | tuition and fees applied to the rental   | **AB 454:**     |
|         | program; rental books must not cost more | Introduced      |
|         | than 50 percent of the retail cost of    | 1/10/06.        |
|         | textbooks; the rental program may not    |                 |
|         | interfere with faculty rights to choose  |                 |
|         | their own textbooks; students must have  |                 |
|         | the option to buy textbooks they have    |                 |
|         | rented; the rental program may be        |                 |
|         | disbanded by approval of student         |                 |
|         | government association                   |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AR 271:** Urges publishers to unbundle |                 |
|         | texts, list the cost difference between  |                 |
|         | the bundled and unbundled versions, and  |                 |
|         | provide new information for a textbook   |                 |
|         | through a supplement rather than through |                 |
|         | a new edition                            |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 454:** Permits taxpayers to receive |                 |
|         | a credit on their taxes equal to 10      |                 |
|         | percent of the amount they spent on      |                 |
|         | student textbooks for that year if they  |                 |
|         | have a gross income of \$150,000 or less |                 |
|         | and have paid at least half of the       |                 |
|         | tuition for a dependent who is under 22  |                 |
|         | years old; requires the student to be a  |                 |
|         | full-time undergraduate student; this    |                 |
|         | credit also applies to resident          |                 |
|         | taxpayers who have a gross income of     |                 |
|         | \$150,000 or less and have paid at least |                 |
|         | half of the tuition for a taxpayer's     |                 |
|         | full-time undergraduate tuition; this    |                 |
|         | credit shall not go above \$100 per      |                 |
|         | taxable year                             |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **New   | **Focus of Legislation:** Amends tax     | **AB 1951: N**o |
| York**  | law; amends education laws to include a  | longer active   |
|         | broader definition of textbook;          | 5/22/06.        |
|         | authorizes a review board and department |                 |
|         | of education to study textbook costs;    | **SB 2381:**    |
|         | creates faculty, institutional, and      | Introduced      |
|         | publisher guidelines                     | 2/14/05.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 1951:** Amends the tax law to allow | **AB 1214:**    |
|         | taxpayers to deduct from their federal   | Introduced      |
|         | adjusted gross income the cost of their  | 1/19/05.        |
|         | textbooks or a dependent's textbooks;    |                 |
|         | was previously AB 11494                  | **AB 1965:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **SB 2381:** Same as AB 1951             | 1/24/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 1214:** Amends the education law to | **AB 2270:**    |
|         | broaden the definition of textbooks to   | Introduced      |
|         | include supplementary books, fiction,    | 1/25/05.        |
|         | non-fiction, manipulatives, art          |                 |
|         | reproduction, maps, sheet music,         | **AB 3877:**    |
|         | manuals, almanacs, atlases, general      | Introduced      |
|         | dictionaries, encyclopedias, magazines,  | 2/7/05.         |
|         | and newspapers                           |                 |
|         |                                          | **AB 4766:**    |
|         | **AB 1965:** Extends current sales tax   | Introduced      |
|         | exemption on textbooks to include any    | 2/14/06.        |
|         | book recommended or required for college |                 |
|         | courses                                  | **AB 8355:** No |
|         |                                          | longer active   |
|         | **AB 2270:** Requires institutions to    | 5/22/06.        |
|         | make booklists available to anyone on    |                 |
|         | request 60 days before the term starts;  | **AB 11759:**   |
|         | allows off-campus booksellers to obtain  | Introduced      |
|         | student mailing lists, advertise in      | 6/8/06.         |
|         | campus media, and use campus charge      |                 |
|         | accounts                                 | **SB 6804:**    |
|         |                                          | Passed 6/15/06. |
|         | **AB 3877:** Amends the education law to |                 |
|         | require faculty, staff, or institutions  | **SB 7477:**    |
|         | to provide their textbook lists to any   | Introduced      |
|         | bookstore that requests such lists       | 4/25/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 4766:** Authorizes the trustees of  | **AB 355:**     |
|         | the state university of New York to      | Introduced      |
|         | create an academic review board to work  | 12/21/06.       |
|         | with publishers and bookstore managers   |                 |
|         | to look into the issue of textbook       | **AB 1518:**    |
|         | costs; requires the academic review      | Introduced      |
|         | board to: develop policies to control    | 1/9/07.         |
|         | the cost of textbooks on all campus      |                 |
|         | bookstores, require publishers to        | **AB 2350:**    |
|         | justify new editions of textbooks        | Introduced      |
|         | designate a maximum percentage that      | 1/16/07.        |
|         | publishers may raise for the price of a  |                 |
|         | new textbook edition if there are not    | **AB 3377:**    |
|         | any changes to the text, require         | Introduced      |
|         | publishers to only send brochures of     | 1/24/07.        |
|         | their textbooks to faculty and only send |                 |
|         | complimentary copies of textbooks if     | **SB 5276:**    |
|         | faculty request them                     | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 4/25/07.        |
|         | **AB 8355:** Requires the department of  |                 |
|         | education to study the issue of bundling | **SB 3063:**    |
|         | textbooks and report the findings and    | Introduced      |
|         | recommendations to the governor and      | 2/21/07.        |
|         | legislature                              |                 |
|         |                                          | **AB 6367:**    |
|         | **AB 11759/ SB 6804:** Known as the      | Introduced      |
|         | "Textbook Access Act;" any college or    | 3/7/07.         |
|         | university that receives money from the  |                 |
|         | state must identify ways to reduce the   | **AB 816:**     |
|         | amount students spend on textbooks;      | Introduced      |
|         | publishers must provide, upon request,   | 1/3/07.         |
|         | the wholesale price of their textbooks;  |                 |
|         | textbooks must be offered to students in | **SB 5274:**    |
|         | the exact manner that faculty ordered    | Introduced      |
|         | them (referring to bundled versus        | 4/25/07.        |
|         | unbundled versions); every institution   |                 |
|         | must encourage their faculty to submit   |                 |
|         | their textbook orders to the campus      |                 |
|         | bookstore by an early deadline; no       |                 |
|         | faculty or staff may require or receive  |                 |
|         | any type of payment or benefit for       |                 |
|         | adopting a publishers textbook or course |                 |
|         | materials; faculty are prohibited from   |                 |
|         | selling their sample copies of textbooks |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 7477:** Prohibits faculty at public |                 |
|         | universities from accepting inducements  |                 |
|         | to adopt textbooks; requires             |                 |
|         | institutions to post ISBNs online;       |                 |
|         | directs the governing boards of          |                 |
|         | institutions to make efforts at          |                 |
|         | minimizing textbook costs                |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 355:** Same bill as AB 4766         |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 1518:** Same as AB 3877             |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 2350:** Same as AB 1965             |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 3377/SB 5276:** Same as AB 11494;   |                 |
|         | provides a state income tax deduction    |                 |
|         | for textbook purchases at New York       |                 |
|         | private or public colleges and           |                 |
|         | universities                             |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 3063:** Requires publishers to      |                 |
|         | disclose wholesale prices when           |                 |
|         | requested; mandates that textbooks are   |                 |
|         | sold in the exact manner that faculty    |                 |
|         | ordered them; if they are not available, |                 |
|         | bookstores must work with faculty and    |                 |
|         | publishers to provide the closest        |                 |
|         | substitute; requires institutions to     |                 |
|         | develop policies that encourage faculty  |                 |
|         | to provide booklists in a timely manner  |                 |
|         | so that books remain available to order; |                 |
|         | prohibits employees from accepting       |                 |
|         | compensation for certain textbook        |                 |
|         | adoptions (royalties, desk copies, and   |                 |
|         | honoraria for academic peer reviews      |                 |
|         | still allowed)                           |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 6367:** Provides Tax deductions for |                 |
|         | required college course supplies,        |                 |
|         | including textbooks and computer         |                 |
|         | software                                 |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **AB 816:** Requires institutions to     |                 |
|         | publish booklists along with the course  |                 |
|         | catalogs at least 60 days prior to each  |                 |
|         | term; requires institutions to provide   |                 |
|         | textbook adoption information upon       |                 |
|         | request; requires institutions to permit |                 |
|         | any bookseller to participate in         |                 |
|         | marketing programs and student credit    |                 |
|         | programs on campus                       |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 5274:** Prohibits state employees   |                 |
|         | from accepting inducements to adopt      |                 |
|         | textbooks; requires governing boards to  |                 |
|         | make booklists (along with ISBNs)        |                 |
|         | available, to implement policies to help |                 |
|         | reduce textbook costs, and to set        |                 |
|         | faculty textbook adoption guide;         |                 |
|         | discourages faculty from using new       |                 |
|         | editions                                 |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| #       | **Focus of Legislation:** Provides sales | **SB 1392:**    |
| North C | tax exemption on textbooks               | Introduced      |
| arolina |                                          | 3/21/07.        |
|         | **SB 1392:** Exempts college textbooks   |                 |
|         | from sales taxes                         |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| *       | **Focus of Legislation:** Creates        | **SB 151:**     |
| *Ohio** | guidelines for publishers, institutions, | Introduced      |
|         | and board of regents to provide more     | 4/24/07.        |
|         | information on textbook modification and |                 |
|         | pricing                                  |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 151:** Requires publishers (selling |                 |
|         | textbooks at state institutions) to post |                 |
|         | the following information on the web     |                 |
|         | before books can be sold: price of the   |                 |
|         | book, book modifications, modification   |                 |
|         | to supplemental learning materials,      |                 |
|         | alternative format availability, and     |                 |
|         | return policies; prohibits bookstores    |                 |
|         | from selling bundles unless all parts of |                 |
|         | the bundle are sold separately, from     |                 |
|         | buying used books back at less than half |                 |
|         | the price it intends to resell the book, |                 |
|         | and from selling books not mentioned on  |                 |
|         | the publisher's website; requires        |                 |
|         | institutions to place at least 2 copies  |                 |
|         | of each textbook in the school library;  |                 |
|         | prohibits faculty from profiting on      |                 |
|         | their own books if it is a recommended   |                 |
|         | reading for their courses; requires      |                 |
|         | board of regents to develop an           |                 |
|         | electronic inquiry form for students and |                 |
|         | faculty to request information from      |                 |
|         | publishers; requires regents to develop  |                 |
|         | a textbook rental program                |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Okl   | **Focus of Legislation:** Requires       | **HB 2380:**    |
| ahoma** | institutions to set up textbook rental   | Introduced      |
|         | and sale programs                        | 1/18/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2380:** Requires all institutions   |                 |
|         | in the Oklahoma State System for Higher  |                 |
|         | Education to develop a textbook rental   |                 |
|         | and sale program; encourages departments |                 |
|         | to examine whether textbooks can be used |                 |
|         | for longer periods; encourages students  |                 |
|         | to use all required textbooks            |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| #       | **Focus of Legislation:** Requires       | **SB 365:**     |
|  Oregon | publishers and booksellers to provide    | Introduced      |
|         | more information; creates guidelines for | 1/15/07.        |
|         | bundled items                            |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 365**: Requires publishers to       |                 |
|         | provide purchasers in the state with a   |                 |
|         | complete list of all of the publisher's  |                 |
|         | products, wholesale prices of each       |                 |
|         | product, and estimated time length that  |                 |
|         | each product will be on the market at    |                 |
|         | the beginning of any sales interaction   |                 |
|         | (information must also be publicly       |                 |
|         | accessible on company website); requires |                 |
|         | any sellers of bundles to provide each   |                 |
|         | component of bundle separately to        |                 |
|         | institutions (applied to textbooks       |                 |
|         | purchased after passage of act; any      |                 |
|         | bundle seller must disclose to end users |                 |
|         | of bundles (faculty or students) the     |                 |
|         | price of purchasing bundled items        |                 |
|         | separately                               |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **      | **Focus of Legislation:** Requires       |                 |
| Pennsyl | publishers and retailers to offer        |                 |
| vania** | unbundled versions of textbooks in       | **HB 1842:**    |
|         | addition to bundled versions; requires   | Introduced      |
|         | publishers to disclose price, length of  | 7/1/05.         |
|         | the current edition, and how new         |                 |
|         | editions differ from previous editions   |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1842:** Known as the Fairness in    |                 |
|         | Textbook Distribution Act; requires      |                 |
|         | publishers to offer unbundled versions   |                 |
|         | of textbooks in addition to bundled      |                 |
|         | versions and inform retailers and        |                 |
|         | faculty of the price difference between  |                 |
|         | bundled and unbundled versions, how new  |                 |
|         | editions differ from previous edition,   |                 |
|         | and the length of time an edition will   |                 |
|         | be in circulation; requires textbook     |                 |
|         | retailers to offer unbundled versions of |                 |
|         | textbooks in addition to bundled         |                 |
|         | versions with the exception of custom    |                 |
|         | books                                    |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Tenn  | **Focus of Legislation:** Creates        | **HB 1257:**    |
| essee** | bookstore, faculty, and institution      | Introduced      |
|         | requirements to address bundling,        | 2/12/07.        |
|         | buyback programs, and disclosure of      |                 |
|         | pricing                                  | **SB 2076:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 1257/SB 2076:** Requires faculty to | 2/15/07.        |
|         | submit booklists in a timely manner and  |                 |
|         | that the lists and other relevant        |                 |
|         | information is made available to         |                 |
|         | students on the institution's website;   |                 |
|         | requires bookstores to disclose to       |                 |
|         | faculty the price students pay (for each |                 |
|         | course) for course materials before the  |                 |
|         | order is completed; requires faculty to  |                 |
|         | consider the least costly practices in   |                 |
|         | assigning textbooks and course           |                 |
|         | materials; requires on-campus bookstores |                 |
|         | to allow the purchase of textbooks and   |                 |
|         | other products unbundled; requires       |                 |
|         | on-campus bookstores to promote and      |                 |
|         | publicize book buy-back programs;        |                 |
|         | requires that institutions make          |                 |
|         | available free copies of textbooks       |                 |
|         | through the academic department or       |                 |
|         | through the institution's library        |                 |
|         | reserves                                 |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **      | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **HB 257:**     |
| Texas** | for textbooks; encourages faculty to     | Introduced      |
|         | retain required textbooks for core       | 2/1/05.         |
|         | course for at least three years if       |                 |
|         | possible; requires institutions to       | **HB 1184:**    |
|         | provide their textbook lists to other    | Introduced      |
|         | retailers of textbooks and to extend     | 2/16/05.        |
|         | them the same opportunity to sell        |                 |
|         | textbooks to students                    | **HB 54:**      |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 257:** Allows textbooks to be tax   | 6/27/05.        |
|         | exempt if purchased by a college         |                 |
|         | student; requires the student to present | **SB 72:**      |
|         | his/her student ID                       | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 7/6/05.         |
|         | **HB 1184:** Requires the governing      |                 |
|         | board of higher education institutions   | **SB 222:**     |
|         | to set policies that encourage faculty   | Introduced      |
|         | to use the same required textbook and    | 1/21/05.        |
|         | edition from one academic year to the    |                 |
|         | next and to use it for at least three    | **SB 1716:**    |
|         | years, if possible, for core courses     | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 3/11/05.        |
|         | **HB 54:** Allows textbooks to be exempt |                 |
|         | from sales tax for the second Friday in  | **SB 49:**      |
|         | August to the second following Sunday    | Introduced      |
|         | and from the second Friday in January to | 11/13/06.       |
|         | the second following Sunday; requires    |                 |
|         | the student to present a valid student   | **HB 1434:**    |
|         | ID                                       | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/13/07.        |
|         | **SB 72:** Same bill as HB 54            |                 |
|         |                                          | **HB 3062:**    |
|         | **SB 222:** Same bill as HB 54           | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 3/7/07.         |
|         | **SB 1716:** Requires colleges and       |                 |
|         | universities to provide their textbook   | **SB 114:**     |
|         | lists to retailers of textbooks that     | Introduced      |
|         | request them; requires colleges and      | 11/14/06        |
|         | universities to extend the same          |                 |
|         | opportunities to sell textbooks and      | **HB 955:**     |
|         | provide an extension of credit to        | Introduced      |
|         | students for textbooks                   | 1/30/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 49:** Same as SB 22                 | **HB 956:**     |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 1434:** See HB 3062                 | 1/30/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 3062:** SB 49, HB 1434, and HB 3062 | **HB 960:**     |
|         | all provide sales tax exemptions for     | Introduced      |
|         | college textbooks; the bills vary in     | 1/30/07.        |
|         | terms of the dates that the exemptions   |                 |
|         | are available                            | **HB 1729:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **SB 114:** Same as SB 1716              | 2/21/07.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 955:** Creates a temporary sales    | **HB 2488:**    |
|         | tax exemption on school supplies and     | Introduced      |
|         | textbooks for K-12 and college students; | 3/5/07.         |
|         | price cap on individual items is placed  |                 |
|         | at \$100                                 | **HB 2009:**    |
|         |                                          | Introduced      |
|         | **HB 956:** Prohibits faculty from       | 2/26/07.        |
|         | requiring the purchase of books by       |                 |
|         | students that will not be used in the    | **HB 2965:**    |
|         | course; requires faculty to adopt texts  | Introduced      |
|         | for 3 years with limited exceptions;     | 3/7/07.         |
|         | faculty must explore open-access course  |                 |
|         | materials in lieu of purchased books;    |                 |
|         | schools are required to post booklists   |                 |
|         | and ISBN numbers together online within  |                 |
|         | one week of the information having been  |                 |
|         | relayed to the bookstore; requires       |                 |
|         | institutions to permit credit            |                 |
|         | arrangements for students to purchase    |                 |
|         | textbooks off-campus; requirements are   |                 |
|         | established for bundled course           |                 |
|         | materials; requires the Texas Building   |                 |
|         | and Procurement Commission to negotiate  |                 |
|         | textbook pricing when bought in bulk     |                 |
|         | with the publishers; bans state          |                 |
|         | employees from accepting inducements to  |                 |
|         | adopt certain books                      |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 960:** Directs governing boards at  |                 |
|         | each higher education institution to     |                 |
|         | develop policies requiring faculty to    |                 |
|         | adopt textbooks for at least 3 years for |                 |
|         | core courses                             |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1729/HB 2488 (identical):** Exempts |                 |
|         | sales tax of required textbooks if       |                 |
|         | full-time or part-time students purchase |                 |
|         | the texts; the books must be "written,   |                 |
|         | designed, and produced for educational,  |                 |
|         | instructional, or pedagogical purposes"  |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2009:** Requires off-campus         |                 |
|         | bookstores the same access to booklists, |                 |
|         | campus-marketing opportunities such as   |                 |
|         | orientation and buyback, and student     |                 |
|         | credit accounts that the campus          |                 |
|         | bookstore has                            |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2965:** Prohibits faculty from      |                 |
|         | requiring or recommending a textbook     |                 |
|         | edition that is less than 3 years old    |                 |
|         | for student use unless a newer edition   |                 |
|         | is needed for adequate instruction or    |                 |
|         | would cost students less; prohibits      |                 |
|         | requiring a specific edition unless      |                 |
|         | information that needs to be updated in  |                 |
|         | the edition can be provided or sold as   |                 |
|         | an insert to the text                    |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| *       | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **HB 220:**     |
| *Utah** | for textbooks                            | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/21/05.        |
|         | **HB 220:** Allows textbooks to be       |                 |
|         | exempt from sales and use tax for        | **HB 273:**     |
|         | college students                         | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/18/06.        |
|         | **HB 273:** Same as HB 220               |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Ve    | **Focus of Legislation:** Tax exemption  | **SB 100:**     |
| rmont** | for textbooks                            | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 2/16/05.        |
|         | **SB 100:** Allows textbooks that are    |                 |
|         | sold at college bookstores to be tax     |                 |
|         | exempt                                   |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Vir   | **Focus of Legislation:** Requests the   | **HJR 668:**    |
| ginia** | State Council of Higher Education for    | Introduced      |
|         | Virginia to study the rising cost of     | 1/11/05.        |
|         | textbooks; prohibits faculty or staff    |                 |
|         | from receiving any payment or benefit    | **HB 1726:**    |
|         | for selecting textbooks; requires        | Approved by the |
|         | textbook lists be made available to      | Governor        |
|         | students; allows required textbooks to   | 3/22/05.        |
|         | be tax exempt; requires governing boards |                 |
|         | to take steps to reduce the cost of      | **HB 2466:**    |
|         | textbooks                                | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/12/06.        |
|         | **HJR 668:** Requests the State Council  |                 |
|         | of Higher Education for Virginia to      | **HB 1478:**    |
|         | study the rising cost of textbooks and   | Signed into law |
|         | to evaluate practices for purchasing     | by Governor     |
|         | textbooks at public institutions; the    | 4/4/06.         |
|         | State Council is to perform a sample     |                 |
|         | survey of students at public and private |                 |
|         | institutions about the cost of           |                 |
|         | textbooks; develop a list of best        |                 |
|         | practices regarding purchasing           |                 |
|         | textbooks; and examine other related     |                 |
|         | laws or alternatives that individual     |                 |
|         | colleges or universities in the state    |                 |
|         | are implementing in relation to rental   |                 |
|         | programs, used books, online textbooks,  |                 |
|         | financing programs, faculty education    |                 |
|         | and rules for bookstores and faculty     |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1726:** Prohibits faculty and staff |                 |
|         | at public institutions from receiving    |                 |
|         | payment or benefit for selecting         |                 |
|         | textbooks for courses; requires          |                 |
|         | governing boards to place textbook lists |                 |
|         | on a website for students; requires      |                 |
|         | bookstores to post textbook lists        |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2466:** Allows required textbooks   |                 |
|         | to be exempt from sales tax for students |                 |
|         | at non-profit higher education           |                 |
|         | institutions                             |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1478:** Requires governing boards   |                 |
|         | to take steps to reduce the cost of      |                 |
|         | textbooks by encouraging faculty to      |                 |
|         | select their textbooks early enough for  |                 |
|         | bookstores to purchase new books and as  |                 |
|         | many used books as possible; requires    |                 |
|         | faculty to be informed of retail         |                 |
|         | textbook prices; requires faculty to     |                 |
|         | inform the bookstore when a bundled      |                 |
|         | version is not needed so that the        |                 |
|         | bookstore can provide the unbundled      |                 |
|         | version; encourages faculty to not adopt |                 |
|         | a new edition of a textbook if does not  |                 |
|         | differ significantly from the previous   |                 |
|         | edition; requires policies to be         |                 |
|         | established to make provisions to        |                 |
|         | provide required textbooks to students   |                 |
|         | who cannot afford them; "provides that   |                 |
|         | no funds for financial aid from          |                 |
|         | university bookstore revenue may be      |                 |
|         | counted in the calculation for state     |                 |
|         | appropriations for student financial     |                 |
|         | aid"                                     |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Washi | **Focus of Legislation:** Exempts        | **HB 3034:**    |
| ngton** | textbooks from sales tax; requires       | Introduced      |
|         | boards to develop guidelines to offer    | 1/18/06.        |
|         | unbundled textbooks and inform faculty   |                 |
|         | of the retail cost of textbooks and how  | **HB 3087:**    |
|         | new editions vary from previous ones;    | Signed into law |
|         | encourages faculty to consider the least | by the Governor |
|         | costly option for textbooks              | 3/15/06.        |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 3034:** Exempts textbooks from      | **SB 6699:**    |
|         | sales tax if they are sold by a college  | Same as HB      |
|         | or university or a business, located on  | 3087.           |
|         | a college or university campus, or sold  |                 |
|         | by an internet retailer based in the     | **HB 1531:**    |
|         | state; retailers must have information   | Introduced      |
|         | from faculty about which textbooks are   | 1/22/07.        |
|         | required for each course                 |                 |
|         |                                          | **SB 5784:**    |
|         | **HB 3087:** Requires the board of       | Introduced      |
|         | regents at state and regional            | 1/31/07.        |
|         | universities and The Evergreen State     |                 |
|         | College to work with their bookstores to | **HB 2300:**    |
|         | develop guidelines that: offer students  | Signed into law |
|         | unbundled versions of textbooks when     | 4/21/07.        |
|         | they are available; inform faculty and   |                 |
|         | staff of the retail cost of textbooks    | **SB 6077:**    |
|         | and how new editions differ from         | Introduced      |
|         | previous editions; promote student       | 2/19/07.        |
|         | buy-back programs for textbooks;         |                 |
|         | encourage faculty and staff to consider  | **HB 1224:**    |
|         | the least costly options for selecting   | Introduced      |
|         | textbooks; encourage faculty and staff   | 1/15/07.        |
|         | to collaborate with bookstores and       |                 |
|         | publishers to develop bundled textbooks  | **SB 5183:**    |
|         | if they provide more savings to students | Introduced      |
|         |                                          | 1/12/07.        |
|         | **SB 6699:** Same bill as HB 3087        |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1531/SB 5784:** Exempts             |                 |
|         | instructional materials from taxes       |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 2300/SB 6077:** Requires publishers |                 |
|         | to disclose to faculty the price at      |                 |
|         | which all versions of a textbook would   |                 |
|         | be available (includes supplemental      |                 |
|         | items sold in bundle or separately and   |                 |
|         | excludes custom texts) at the time the   |                 |
|         | instructional materials are presented to |                 |
|         | faculty                                  |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 1224/SB 5183:** Requires that       |                 |
|         | college and university bookstores        |                 |
|         | provide students the option of           |                 |
|         | purchasing unbundled texts; disclose to  |                 |
|         | faculty and staff the price students     |                 |
|         | pay; disclose retail costs for           |                 |
|         | instructional materials course-by-course |                 |
|         | to faculty, staff, and the public;       |                 |
|         | publicly disclose the difference between |                 |
|         | previous and new editions; actively      |                 |
|         | promote and publicize textbook buy-back  |                 |
|         | programs                                 |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **West  | **Focus of Legislation:** Prohibits      | **HB 2606:**    |
| Vir     | students from being required to purchase | Introduced      |
| ginia** | bundled versions of textbooks and        | 2/23/05.        |
|         | requires unbundled versions to be        |                 |
|         | available; prohibits employees from      | **HB 3163:**    |
|         | receiving payment or benefits from       | Introduced      |
|         | publishers for selecting their           | 3/23/07.        |
|         | textbooks; requires textbook lists to be |                 |
|         | made available to students               | **SB 674:**     |
|         |                                          | Approved by the |
|         | **HB 2606:** Governing boards cannot     | Governor        |
|         | require students to purchase bundled     | 4/16/05.        |
|         | textbooks and must provide unbundled     |                 |
|         | versions.                                |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **HB 3163:** Governing boards cannot     |                 |
|         | require students to purchase bundled     |                 |
|         | textbooks and must provide unbundled     |                 |
|         | versions. Employees at colleges and      |                 |
|         | universities may not receive any payment |                 |
|         | or benefit from publishers for selecting |                 |
|         | their textbooks for courses. Governing   |                 |
|         | boards must provide the list of assigned |                 |
|         | textbooks to students on campus, at the  |                 |
|         | bookstore, and on the website.           |                 |
|         |                                          |                 |
|         | **SB 674:** Employees at colleges and    |                 |
|         | universities may not receive any payment |                 |
|         | or benefit from publishers for selecting |                 |
|         | their textbooks for courses. Governing   |                 |
|         | boards must provide the list of assigned |                 |
|         | textbooks to students on campus and on   |                 |
|         | the website.                             |                 |
+---------+------------------------------------------+-----------------+