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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 461

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Relating to: a Public Defender Board student loan payment pilot program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Attorney Public defender Public employee Scholarships and loans

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 or a population

density of 55 or fewer persons per square mile 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 2019-21 biennium for the program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

18 cosponsors

Born (R) , Bowen (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Goyke (D) , Kurtz (R) , McGuire (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zimmerman (R)

Full history

  1. Sep 27, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Testin, Wanggaard and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, McGuire, Born, Bowen, Edming, Goyke, Kurtz, Mursau, Neubauer, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Sinicki, Tittl, Zamarripa, Zimmerman, Dittrich and Vruwink

  2. Sep 27, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts

  3. Oct 29, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 22, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 25, 2019 · Senate

    LRB correction

  6. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1