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]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2022-05-31	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2022-04-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2022-02-16	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2022-01-05	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2022-03-17	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2022-03-16	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
Senate Amendment 001	2022-02-07	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

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