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
100% Yea
R
Republican26
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
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
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