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Relating to licensing sanctions against individuals who default or are delinquent on student loan debt or on a related service obligation
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 19, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 26, 2019
- Done: House committeeMarch 6, 2019
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 26, 2019
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 11, 201946–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 8, 2019
- Done: Signed into lawApril 8, 2019
SF 304 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 304, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 304 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires the state’s licensing boards to adopt administrative rules to prohibit the suspension or revocation of a license issued to a person who is in default or is delinquent on repayment or a service obligation under federal or state postsecondary educational loans or public or private services-conditional postsecondary tuition assistance solely on the basis of such default or delinquency. The bill eliminates Code provisions that authorize and establish a process by which the college student aid commission can initiate action to deny, revoke, or suspend any license authorized by the laws of this state to any person who has defaulted on an obligation owed to or collected by the commission.
Read the full explanation
The provisions repealed by the bill establish procedures for issuing notice to an individual in default, for the scheduling of a conference between the individual and the commission, for entering into a written agreement for payment of the obligation which takes into consideration the individual’s ability to pay, for the individual to request a hearing, and for the issuance of a certificate for noncompliance to any appropriate licensing authority. Provisions repealed by the bill require each licensing authority to include in its rules, as grounds for suspension, revocation, or denial of issuance or renewal of a license, the receipt of a certificate of noncompliance from the commission; require a licensing authority to initiate procedures for suspension, revocation, or denial of issuance or renewal of licensure to the individual; direct the supreme court to prescribe rules providing for the denial, suspension, or revocation of the admission to practice as an attorney and counselor for failure to repay an obligation owed to or collected by the commission; and permit the individual to seek a review of the commission’s decision and request a hearing before the district court.
House subcommittee
Named February 26, 2019. On February 28, 2019 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
9 for · 0 against · 25 undecided · Who →