Mississippi House Bill 1215 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 8 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-08 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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 Amend Sections 93-11-65, 93-11-71 And 93-5-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Child Support; suspend for incarcerated persons under certain conditions.

Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]

Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]

Rep. De Stamps [D]

2023-02-09 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 108 N: 6 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-08	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-03-08	Senate	Recommitted to Committee
2023-02-23	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2023-02-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2023-02-10	House	Transmitted To Senate
2023-02-09	House	Passed As Amended
2023-02-09	House	Amended
2023-02-08	House	Read the Third Time
2023-01-25	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
93	11	65	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	11	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	5	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1215.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1215IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1215PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/ham/HB1215_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/ham/HB1215_H_Amend_02.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/sam/HB1215_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0380010.pdf