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Bill	STUDENT LOAN SERVICER-DEBT	Amends the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Provides that, as used in the Act, "student loan servicer" does not include a law firm or licensed attorney that is collecting post-default debt. Effective December 31, 2018.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 4397	Illinois HB 4397 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2018-01-30	2018-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/c8cfcc05-2c3e-4cd2-acc2-9adf3fa9f28a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4397&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=109147&SessionID=91&GA=100	7ae0becedc15376c32214415a818e88fa07e65b929dba8eee89ffa5126cdf9cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4397 (100th) — STUDENT LOAN SERVICER-DEBT

Amends the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Provides that, as used in the Act, "student loan servicer" does not include a law firm or licensed attorney that is collecting post-default debt. Effective December 31, 2018.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2018-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-12 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 To Commercial Law Subcommittee
• 2018-03-07 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-07 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-04-13 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2018-04-13 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
• 2018-04-13 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2018-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2018 reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
• 2018-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
• 2018-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2018
• 2018-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-07-27 Effective Date December 31, 2018
• 2018-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0635 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8cfcc05-2c3e-4cd2-acc2-9adf3fa9f28a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).