S05924 Summary:

BILL NOS05924C
 
SAME ASSAME AS A06938-B
 
SPONSORTHOMAS
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, BIAGGI, BROUK, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MANNION, MAY, RAMOS
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 13-C §640, Ed L
 
Prohibits certain practices regarding collection and enforcement of student debt.
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S05924 Actions:

BILL NOS05924C
 
03/23/2021REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
04/28/2021AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
04/28/2021PRINT NUMBER 5924A
05/18/20211ST REPORT CAL.1078
05/20/20212ND REPORT CAL.
05/24/2021ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/25/2021PASSED SENATE
05/25/2021DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/25/2021referred to higher education
01/05/2022died in assembly
01/05/2022returned to senate
01/05/2022REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
01/12/20221ST REPORT CAL.132
01/18/20222ND REPORT CAL.
01/19/2022ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/01/2022AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5924B
03/07/2022AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5924C
03/31/2022SUBSTITUTED BY A6938B
 A06938 AMEND=B Epstein
 04/14/2021referred to higher education
 05/14/2021amend (t) and recommit to higher education
 05/14/2021print number 6938a
 01/05/2022referred to higher education
 02/03/2022amend and recommit to higher education
 02/03/2022print number 6938b
 02/08/2022reported referred to codes
 02/15/2022reported referred to ways and means
 03/28/2022reported referred to rules
 03/28/2022reported
 03/28/2022rules report cal.63
 03/28/2022ordered to third reading rules cal.63
 03/28/2022passed assembly
 03/28/2022delivered to senate
 03/28/2022REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
 03/31/2022SUBSTITUTED FOR S5924C
 03/31/20223RD READING CAL.132
 03/31/2022PASSED SENATE
 03/31/2022RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
 04/27/2022delivered to governor
 05/04/2022signed chap.180
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S05924 Memo:

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S05924 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5924--C
            Cal. No. 132
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 23, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. THOMAS, ADDABBO, BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, HINCHEY, JACK-
          SON, MANNION, MAY, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when
          printed  to  be  committed  to the Committee on Consumer Protection --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted  to  said  committee  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
          Consumer Protection in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
          reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting certain
          practices in the collection of student debt
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new article 13-C
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 13-C
     4                     STUDENT DEBT; PROHIBITED PRACTICES
     5  Section 640. Student debt; prohibited practices.
     6    § 640. Student debt; prohibited  practices.  1.    No  degree-granting
     7  institution  or  licensed  private  career school, as defined by section
     8  five thousand one of this chapter, shall:
     9    (a) withhold a transcript because a student owes a debt to such insti-
    10  tution or school;
    11    (b) condition the provision of a transcript on a student's payment  of
    12  a debt to such institution or school; or
    13    (c) charge a higher fee or provide less favorable treatment of a tran-
    14  script  request  because  a  student  owes a debt to such institution or
    15  school, provided however, that an institution or school may charge a fee
    16  for the issuance of a transcript.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08218-12-2

        S. 5924--C                          2
 
     1    2. In addition to such penalties as may  otherwise  be  applicable  by
     2  law,  the  superintendent  of  financial  services may, after notice and
     3  hearing, enjoin such transcript withholding practices  and  require  any
     4  institution or school found to be in violation of the provisions of this
     5  article  to  pay  to the people of this state a penalty  of five hundred
     6  dollars for each violation.
     7    3. In addition to the right of action granted to the superintendent of
     8  financial services pursuant to this section, any  person  who  has  been
     9  injured  by  reason of any violation of this section may bring an action
    10  in their own name to enjoin such unlawful act  or  practice.  The  court
    11  may, in its discretion, award reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevail-
    12  ing plaintiff.
    13    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    14  have become a law.
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S05924 LFIN:

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