Bill Title: Creates the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority which would allow eligible individual to discharge student loan debt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study [H8048 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Maryann Shallcross-Smith [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Julie Casimiro [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Grace Diaz [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Karen Alzate [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mia Ackerman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph McNamara [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathleen Fogarty [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katherine Kazarian [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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