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2017 House Bill 1169: Enacting the student opportunity, assistance, and relief act
Introduced by Rep. Tina Orwall (Des Moines) (D) on January 12, 2017
Referred to the House Higher Education Committee on January 12, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 14, 2017
Establishes a student education loan debt hotline and website where borrowers can receive assistance from student education loan debt counselors on their student education loans.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 16, 2017
Substitute offered in the House on February 24, 2017
Requires educational institutions, lenders, servicers, and collection agencies of student education loans to send notices to borrowers about the student education loan debt hotline, website, and counselors. Repeals multiple provisions allowing suspension of a professional license due to student loan default.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 28, 2017
Received in the Senate on March 3, 2017
Referred to the Senate Higher Education Committee on March 3, 2017
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 28, 2017
Makes clarifications to the definition of "borrower"; Specifies that student loan debt counseling organizations may be held liable for patterns of fraud, and intentional misrepresentation; and changes the amount of money held in bank accounts, savings, stocks, and bonds that is exempt from execution, attachment and garnishment in default of a private student loan, from $2,500 to $1,000.
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 29, 2017
Received in the House on January 8, 2018
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 8, 2018
Substitute offered in the House on January 22, 2018
Repeals multiple provisions allowing suspension of a professional license due to student loan default. ? Changes the judgment interest rate for unpaid private student loan debt to 2 percentage points above the prime rate, unless the judgment interest rate is specified in the contract.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on January 26, 2018
Received in the Senate on February 2, 2018
Referred to the Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee on February 2, 2018
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 21, 2018
Received in the House on March 3, 2018
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 22, 2018