Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman, Office of the; established, report. (SB394)
Introduced By
Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston) with support from co-patron Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Leesburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman. Establishes the Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman (the Office) within the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. The Office's duties include (i) receiving, reviewing, and attempting to resolve complaints from qualified education loan borrowers; (ii) compiling and analyzing data on such complaints; (iii) assisting qualified education loan borrowers to understand their rights and responsibilities under the terms of qualified education loans; (iv) providing information regarding the problems and concerns of qualified education loan borrowers; (v) analyzing and monitoring the development and implementation of applicable laws and policies; and (vi) disseminating information concerning the availability of the Office to assist qualified education loan borrowers and any other participant in qualified education loan lending with qualified education loan servicing concerns. The Office is further required to establish and maintain a qualified education loan borrower education course by December 1, 2019. This bill is identical to HB 1138. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104609D |
01/09/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/17/2018 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
01/25/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB394) |
02/01/2018 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18106492D-S1 |
02/01/2018 | Incorporates SB439 (Wexton) |
02/01/2018 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/06/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB394S1) |
02/07/2018 | Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2018 | Read second time |
02/09/2018 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/09/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18106492D-S1 |
02/09/2018 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/09/2018 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/09/2018 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB394ES1 |
02/09/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18106492D-ES1 |
02/12/2018 | Passed by temporarily |
02/12/2018 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/15/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
02/15/2018 | Read first time |
02/15/2018 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/15/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB394ES1) |
02/21/2018 | Reported from Education with amendment (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2018 | Read second time |
02/26/2018 | Read third time |
02/26/2018 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/26/2018 | Engrossed by House as amended |
02/26/2018 | Passed House with amendment (90-Y 8-N) |
02/26/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2018 | Passed by temporarily |
02/28/2018 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2018 | Enrolled |
03/05/2018 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB394ER) |
03/05/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/06/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB394ER) |
03/08/2018 | Signed by President |
03/14/2018 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018 |
03/14/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
04/04/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 755 (effective 7/1/18) |
04/04/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755) |