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Texas Will No Longer Suspend Work Licenses Over Unpaid Student Loans
June 11, 2019
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Finance and Trade, Healthier Communities, Occupational Licensing, State Policy, Texas, Thriving Families
originally published in
Forbes
Rallying behind the bill was a strikingly diverse coalition of supporters, including trade associations like CompTIA, Texas Realtors, and the Texas Association of Manufacturers; the state chapters of the American Federation of Teachers, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and United Way; the left-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities; and free market advocates, like the Institute for Justice, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Conservative Coalition, and R Street Institute. In the end, SB 37 only received two votes against it in the Texas Senate before it unanimously passed the state House of Representatives.
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