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HB1138

Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman, Office of the; established, report.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)

Session:
2018 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. 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 SB 394. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104143D
  • 01/10/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/19/2018 - House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #3
  • 01/25/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1138)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/07/2018 - House: Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N)
  • 02/07/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/08/2018 - House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 02/09/2018 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
  • 02/10/2018 - House: Read first time
  • 02/12/2018 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/13/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N)
  • 02/13/2018 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 5-N)
  • 02/14/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/14/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/22/2018 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 02/28/2018 - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
  • 03/01/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/02/2018 - Senate: Read third time
  • 03/02/2018 - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1138ER)
  • 03/06/2018 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/09/2018 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1138ER)
  • 03/09/2018 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/15/2018 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2018
  • 03/15/2018 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
  • 03/23/2018 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 489 (effective 7/1/18)
  • 03/23/2018 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0489)

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