HB 773 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides for the schedule of basic child support obligations

This Louisiana bill updates the state's legal formula for calculating basic child support payments. It directly affects parents who must pay child support and the courts that determine these amounts. The law replaces the previous calculation method with a new schedule that sets specific dollar amounts based on the parents' combined monthly income and the number of children involved. Courts will now use this updated table to decide how much support is owed, ensuring the figures reflect current economic conditions.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 25, 2024 Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024

How they voted

36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 7, 2024
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
24 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0-1).
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Barbara Carpenter
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
LA
63