l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 674

Child support arrearage; require electronic house arrest for certain person found in contempt for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS FOUND IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT AND IMPRISONED FOR SUCH FAILURE, SHALL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF IMPRISONMENT TO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF ANY CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS; TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERSON IS EMPLOYED; TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO ENTER AN ORDER FOR COMMITMENT FOR ELECTRONIC HOUSE ARREST FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-1-17, 9-5-87, 47-5-1003, 93-5-23 AND 93-9-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 47-5-1001, 47-5-1005, 47-5-1007, 47-5-1011, 47-5-1013 AND 47-5-1014, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICES, HOUSE ARREST AND THE INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 13 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days

Judiciary AJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives