Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: a Public Defender Board student loan payment pilot program and making an appropriation.
Attorney Public defender Scholarships and loans
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- 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
Votes
Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1
Passed 4–1 Feb 8, 2018 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1
Passed 4–1 Feb 8, 2018 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Oct 18, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Testin and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Quinn, Goyke, Anderson, Berceau, E. Brooks, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Edming, Genrich, Horlacher, Mason, Mursau, Pope and C. Taylor
- Oct 18, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues
- Dec 12, 2017 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 3, 2018 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Testin
- Jan 19, 2018 · Senate
Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor
- Feb 6, 2018 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 7, 2018 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 8, 2018 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Feb 8, 2018 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Feb 8, 2018 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1