Bill Sponsors: IL SB3032 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly
Bill Title: Creates the Student Debt Assistance Act. Prohibits an institution of higher education from refusing to provide an unofficial transcript to a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt; conditioning the provision of an unofficial transcript on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript; or charging a higher fee for obtaining an unofficial transcript or providing less favorable treatment of a request for an unofficial transcript because a current or former student owes a debt. Provides that an institution of higher education (1) must provide an official transcript of a current or former student to a current or potential employer, even if the current or former student owes a debt; (2) may not condition the provision of an official transcript to a current or potential employer on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript; and (3) may not charge a higher fee for transferring an official transcript to a current or potential employer or provide less favorable treatment for such a request because a current or former student owes a debt. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, requires every institution of higher education to have a policy instituting a financial or physical hardship withdrawal process; sets forth requirements concerning the process. Provides that if an institution of higher education chooses to send a current or former student's past due debt to a debt collection agency, the past due debt may not be reported to any credit reporting agencies or used against that student in a credit report or credit score. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0998 [SB3032 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0998 [SB3032 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Laura Fine [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-009 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Murphy [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-028 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Michael Hastings [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-019 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Elgie Sims [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-017 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Laura Ellman [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-021 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mike Simmons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-007 | N/A | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Celina Villanueva [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-012 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Napoleon Harris [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-015 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-016 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Bob Morgan [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | HD-058 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Carol Ammons [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-103 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative LaShawn Ford [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-008 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-017 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Elizabeth Hernandez [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-002 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Latoya Greenwood [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-114 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Sonya Harper [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-006 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Lamont Robinson [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-005 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Emanuel Welch [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-007 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Camille Lilly [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-078 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Lakesia Collins [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-005 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Dagmara Avelar [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-085 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Representative Denyse Wang Stoneback [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | HD-016 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |