Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2026
Student Loan Bankruptcy: Legal Fee Protections
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on the Judiciary. It is actively moving forward, but no future hearings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill for this legislation at this time.
Legislative Progress
This bill was introduced by a single representative and faces a long road through the committee process where most similar bills fail to move forward.
Key Points
- This bill helps people with student loans who are going through bankruptcy. It allows them to ask the court to make lenders pay for their legal bills if the lender tries to block debt relief without a good reason.
- Right now, it is very hard to get student loans erased in bankruptcy because borrowers have to prove undue hardship. This process is often expensive and lenders have more money for lawyers than the people filing for bankruptcy.
- The goal is to stop lenders from using aggressive legal tactics to keep people in debt. If a judge finds that a lender's opposition to the borrower was not justified, the lender must pay the borrower's attorney fees and court costs.
- These new rules would only apply to bankruptcy cases that start after the bill becomes law. It does not change the actual requirements for getting loans forgiven, but it makes the legal process more fair for the borrower.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2026
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