l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 933

Child support payment; suspend obligation to pay when the person to pay is incarcerated.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 15, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-19-36, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE SUSPENDED BY OPERATION OF LAW FOR PERSONS ORDERED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT WHO ARE INCARCERATED OR INVOLUNTARILY INSTITUTIONALIZED FOR MORE THAN 180 DAYS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION WILL RESUME 60 DAYS AFTER THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION, AND THE NONCUSTODIAL PARENT'S CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND OBLIGATION WILL BECOME ENFORCEABLE ON THAT DATE; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WHEN ENFORCING A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER TO ADMINISTRATIVELY ADJUST THE ARREARS BALANCE FOR AN ORDER FOR CHILD SUPPORT THAT WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF INCARCERATION OR INSTITUTIONALIZATION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 93-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REGULATE THE PROCEDURE FOR LATE OR UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT, FOR PURPOSES OF 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

6 co-sponsors

Zakiya Summers, Sonya Williams-Barnes, Kabir Karriem, Jeramey Anderson, Otis Anthony, De'Keither A. Stamps

Its course

January 18 to February 15, 2021, 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 action8 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 1023 days

Judiciary AJan 18 to Jan 2810 days

CorrectionsJan 28 to Jan 280 days

Judiciary AJan 28 to Jan 280 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Feb 15 · stopped5 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 18 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Corrections
  2. Jan 28Reported from JA to CN in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from CN to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Feb 10Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 10 – Feb 15

  1. Feb 10Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Cockerham and Reynolds)
  2. Feb 15Died on the calendar in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Judiciary A;CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28DR - TSDP: JA To CNHouse of Representatives
  3. Jan 28DR - TSDP: CN To JAHouse of Representatives
  4. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 10Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 10Motion to Reconsider Entered (Cockerham, Reynolds)House of Representatives
  8. Feb 15Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives