l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 850

Child support; duty to pay suspended upon incarceration and revise period for certain licensee to have license revoked for failure to pay.

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 AMEND SECTION 93-11-65 MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DUTY TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT IS SUSPENDED DURING THE PERIOD OF INCARCERATION OF A NONCUSTODIAL PARENT WHO IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE; TO PROVIDE THAT NO ARREARAGE SHALL BE ASSESSED DURING THE PERIOD OF INCARCERATION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DUTY OF SUPPORT SHALL RESUME AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD THAT THE PARENT IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION; TO AMEND SECTION 93-5-23, IN CONFORMITY TO THE SUCCEEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 93-11-157, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN INCARCERATED SHALL NOT HAVE HIS OR HER LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT, DURING THE PERIOD OF HIS OR HER INCARCERATION, UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 93-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PERTAINS TO JUDGMENT FOR OVERDUE CHILD SUPPORT, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 committees on Judiciary A and on Corrections
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Judiciary A;CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives