HB 267 Delaware House · 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.

Summary

This Act prohibits the Family Court from imposing a sentence of incarceration or ordering the suspension of a person’s license for failure to pay court-ordered child support unless it finds that the failure to pay is wilful and not due to an inability of the person to pay the support. This Act also makes technical corrections to correct a typographical error in existing code and to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2023

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Jan 2024

Senate Passage

Jun 2024

Signed into Law

Oct 2024

Introduced Dec 14, 2023 Signed Oct 23, 2024

Floor votes · House Jan 25, 2024

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Oct 23, 2024

Signed into law

Signed by Governor

executive

Jun 27, 2024

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO

upper

Mar 20, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

upper

Jan 25, 2024

Introduced

Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

upper

Jan 25, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 5 NO 5 ABSENT

lower

Jan 25, 2024

Lower · Passed

Amendment HA 1 to HB 267 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

lower

Jan 24, 2024

Introduced

Amendment HA 1 to HB 267 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

lower

Jan 17, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits

lower

Dec 14, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors