Florida House Bill 79

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes court to order defendant to pay child maintenance restitution to surviving parent or guardian of minor under certain conditions; provides for collection, disbursement, & enforcement of child maintenance restitution; prohibits person from discharging, refusing to employ, or taking disciplinary action against employee subject to child maintenance restitution; provides civil penalties; provides for payments after defendant's incarceration; provides that court may modify order of child maintenance restitution.

Child Maintenance Restitution

Rep. Carolina Amesty [R]

Rep. Sam Killebrew [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-10-05	House	Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-10-05	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2023-10-05	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-09-26	House	Filed

S116 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Rules
S118 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
775	088		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/79
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/79/BillText/Filed/PDF