Delaware House Bill 380 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)
Status: Passed on October 24 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-10-24 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

According to a survey conducted by the American Bar Association, 90 percent of early-career lawyers have student loans, averaging $130,000. The same survey found that Black borrowers accumulated more debt to obtain their law degree compared to other borrowers of other racial/ethnic backgrounds, and that most young lawyers who borrowed for their education reported that their debt caused them to delay or forego pursuing traditional life milestones, such as purchasing a home, marriage, and starting a family. According to the survey, an overwhelming majority of borrowers roughly 80 percent indicated their debt influenced their choice of job or career in some way. Most borrowers reported that salary factored more heavily into their job selection than anticipated. Nearly a third of the sample indicated their position was less focused on public service or doing good than intended when they started law school.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Public Attorney Student Loan Repayment Program.

Rep. Krista Griffith [D]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Sen. Darius Brown [D]	Sen. Kyle Gay [D]
Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Marie Pinkney [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Rep. William Bush [D]	Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Larry Lambert [D]
Rep. Stephen Smyk [R]

2022-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 17 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-06-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-10-24		Signed by Governor
2022-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 4 NO
2022-06-28		Reported Out of Committee (Finance) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2022-06-22		Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
2022-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2022-06-16		Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2022-06-16		Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 9 NO 1 ABSENT
2022-06-16		Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Passed In House by Voice Vote
2022-06-09		Reported Out of Committee (Appropriations) in House with 6 On Its Merits
2022-06-02		Amendment HA 1 to HB 380 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2022-04-07		Assigned to Appropriations Committee in House
2022-04-07		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 6 Favorable
2022-03-31		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=99302&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB380
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocumentEngrossment?engrossmentId=25115&docTypeId=6
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53531
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#53798