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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 567

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Relating to: a Public Defender Board student loan payment pilot program and making an appropriation.

Attorney Public defender Scholarships and loans

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill directs the Public Defender Board to establish a student loan payment

pilot program for private bar attorneys who accept public defender appointments.

The program would provide a payment to use to repay student loans of up to $20,000

per year for attorneys in counties with a population of 25,000 or less who agree to

accept at least 50 state public defender appointments per year. The bill provides

$250,000 GPR in each fiscal year of the 2017-19 biennium for the program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kessler (D) , Mason (D) , Mursau (R) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R)

3 cosponsors

Testin (R) , Vinehout (D) , Vruwink (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jan 25, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jan 25, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Quinn, Goyke, Anderson, Berceau, E. Brooks, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Edming, Genrich, Horlacher, Mason, Mursau, Pope, C. Taylor, Subeck and Kessler; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Vinehout

  2. Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Dec 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  5. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Vruwink added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 25, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Jan 25, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  9. Jan 25, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  10. Feb 7, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1