Indiana Senate Bill 163 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Requires persons who own or operate a river boat licensed as a gambling operation or a horse racetrack licensed for gambling games to withhold cash winnings of obligors for amounts the obligors are delinquent in child support. Allows persons who own or operate a river boat licensed as a gambling operation or a horse racetrack licensed for gambling games to deduct and retain an administrative fee in relation to withholding the obligor's delinquent child support. Requires the: (1) gaming commission to place on probationary status, suspend, and deny licenses for gambling games at horse racetracks; and (2) the alcohol and tobacco commission to place on probationary status, suspend, and deny employee's permits; of certain obligors who are delinquent in child support. Provides that a person whose driving license is suspended because of delinquent child support is not required to pay a reinstatement fee to have the person's driving license reinstated. Provides that the child support bureau (bureau) and certain contractors of the bureau may be granted access to information in certain state systems and in certain records of state agencies and other entities, subject to policies adopted to prevent disclosure of certain law enforcement information. Requires a court to immediately withhold income under a child support order established in any proceeding. Provides that a parent, custodian or guardian of child who refuses to cooperate in: (1) a paternity action; or (2) the establishment or enforcement of a child support order; is subject to sanctions or revocation or suspension of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Requires a guardian or custodian of a child to make a good faith effort to cooperate with the bureau and certain other agencies regarding certain paternity and child support matters. Requires a custodial parent and noncustodial parent to provide certain information to the clerk of the court. Provides that a court may consider a child emancipated if the child is on active duty in the United States armed forces. (Current law provides that a court may consider a child emancipated if the child has joined the United States armed forces). Provides that the income withholding provisions apply to any proceeding in which child support is established. Requires an employer to transfer the National Medical Support Notice to the employer's health insurance plan within 20 days after the date of the National Medical Support Notice. Requires an income withholding order form to contain certain information. Provides that an income payor may not distribute income in a manner that would result in one of the current child support obligations not being honored. Provides that an income payor is not required to vary the income payor's normal pay and distribution cycles in order to comply with the income withholding provisions. Requires that a court or administrative agency deem due process met if certain requirements have been met. Provides that various persons are immune from civil and criminal liability for certain acts or for failures to act. Prohibits a person from disclaiming an interest in property up to the extent of the person's child support arrearage. Prohibits a court from considering a parent's absence or relocation due to active military duty as a factor in determining custody or permanently modifying a child custody order. Provides that if a court temporarily modifies a custody order due to a parent's active duty service, the order temporarily modifying the custody order terminates automatically not later that 10 days after the date the parent notifies the temporary custodian in writing that the parent has returned from active duty service. Makes a technical correction.

Various child support matters.

Sen. Ronnie Alting [R]	Sen. Richard Bray [R]	Sen. John Broden [D]	Rep. Sue Errington [D]
Sen. Lindel Hume [D]	Sen. Dorothy Landske [R]	Sen. Thomas Wyss [R]	Sen. Joseph Zakas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-25		Effective 07/01/2010
2010-03-25		Public Law 80
2010-03-17		Signed by the Governor
2010-03-11		Signed by the President of the Senate
2010-03-08		Signed by the Speaker
2010-03-08		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2010-03-04		Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 256: Yeas 49, Nays 0
2010-03-04		Motion to concur in House amendments filed
2010-02-25		Returned to the Senate with amendments
2010-02-25		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: Yeas 98, Nays 0
2010-02-22		Representative Bell added as cosponsor
2010-02-22		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2010-02-18		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2010-02-11		Representative Barnes added as cosponsor
2010-02-02		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2010-01-28		Senator Landske added as coauthor
2010-01-28		Senators Alting, Wyss and Hume added as coauthors
2010-01-28		Cosponsor: Rep. Foley
2010-01-28		House sponsor: Rep. L. Lawson
2010-01-28		Referred to the House
2010-01-28		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 58: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
2010-01-25		Amendment 1 (Bray), prevailed; Voice Vote
2010-01-25		Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2010-01-21		Senator Errington added as coauthor
2010-01-19		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2010-01-11		Senator Zakas added as third author
2010-01-11		Senator Broden added as second author
2010-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2010-01-05		Authored by Senator Bray

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0163
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN0163.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/SB/SB0163.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/SB/SB0163.2.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/ES/ES0163.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/SE/SE0163.1.html