Child support; nonpayment, amount of arrearage paid, suspension of driver's license.
Summary
Provides that an individual who is delinquent in child support payments or has failed to comply with a subpoena, summons, or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings is entitled to a judicial hearing if he makes a written request within 30 days from service of a notice of intent to suspend or renew his driver's license. Current law provides such an entitlement if such request is made within 10 days from such notice. The bill further allows the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew a driver's license or terminate a license suspension imposed on an individual if such individual has reached an agreement with the Department of Social Services to satisfy the child support payment delinquency within a 10-year period and has made at least one payment of at least five percent of the total delinquency or $600, whichever is less, as opposed to whichever is greater under current law, under such agreement. The bill further provides that, where such a repayment agreement has been entered into and such an individual has failed to comply with such agreement, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall suspend or refuse to renew such individual's driver's license until it has received certification from the Department of Social Services that such individual has entered into a subsequent agreement to pay within a period of seven years and has paid the lesser amount, as opposed to greater amount under current law, of at least one payment of $1,200 or seven percent, as opposed to five percent under current law, of the current delinquency. The bill provides that an individual who fails to comply with such a subsequent agreement may enter into a new agreement if such individual has made a payment in the lesser amount, as opposed to the greater amount under current law, of $1,800 or 10 percent, as opposed to five percent under current law, and agrees to a repayment schedule of not more than seven years, which is consistent with the timeframe provided by the current law. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 284 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2059E
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101815D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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