Mississippi House Bill 592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create Child Support Delinquency Guidelines For Any Person Who Is Current With Child Support Payments, But Is Otherwise Delinquent Or In Arrearage For Previous Child Support; To Create Guidelines To Be Used To Determine The Requirements For Release Of Any Person Who Is Arrested And Imprisoned For Failure To Pay Child Support And Child Support Arrears; To Amend Sections 93-11-103 And 93-11-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Sections 93-5-23, 93-9-33, 9-1-17 And 9-5-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Is Imprisoned For Failure To Pay Child Support Shall Not Be Held Longer Than 48 Hours Without Being Brought Before The Court; To Bring Forward Section 93-11-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Jurisdiction Of The Chancery Court; And For Related Purposes.

Child support delinquency guidelines; establish with limitation on imprisonment for contempt.

Rep. Adrienne Wooten [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-13	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0592.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0592IN.htm