Virginia Senate Bill 604 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-11 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman. Prohibits any person from acting as a student loan servicer without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission (SCC) and establishes procedures pertaining to such licenses. Banks and credit unions are exempt from the licensing provisions. The servicing of a student loan encompasses (i) receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a student loan borrower pursuant to the terms of a student education loan; (ii) applying the payments of principal and interest and such other payments with respect to the amounts received from a student loan borrower, as may be required pursuant to the terms of a student education loan; and (iii) performing other administrative services with respect to a student education loan. Student loan servicers are prohibited from, among other things, (a) misrepresenting the amount, nature, or terms of any fee or payment due or claimed to be due on a student loan, the terms and conditions of the loan agreement, or the borrower's obligations under the loan; (b) knowingly misapplying or recklessly applying student loan payments to the outstanding balance of a student loan; and (c) failing to report both the favorable and unfavorable payment history of the borrower to a nationally recognized consumer credit bureau at least annually if the loan servicer regularly reports information to such a credit bureau. The measure also establishes the Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman within the SCC's Bureau of Financial Institutions. The Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman is required to provide timely assistance to any student loan borrower of any student education loan in the Commonwealth. The Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman is further required to establish and maintain a student loan borrower education course, which shall cover key loan terms, documentation requirements, monthly payment obligations, income-based repayment options, loan forgiveness, and disclosure requirements. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2016.

Student loan servicers; student loan ombudsman.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]

2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-11	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)
2016-02-08	Senate	Rereferred to Education and Health
2016-02-08	Senate	Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (10-Y 0-N)
2016-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-13	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 16103330D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
6	2	2600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
6	2	2613	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB604
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB604+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S02V0054+SB0604
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0113+SB0604