Mississippi Senate Bill 2619 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 43-19-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Aid The Department Of Human Services To Comply With Federal Law; To Provide That Child Support Obligations Shall Be Suspended By Operation Of Law For Persons Ordered To Pay Child Support Who Are Incarcerated Or Involuntarily Institutionalized For More Than 180 Days, With Certain Exceptions; To Provide That The Child Support Obligation Will Resume 60 Days After The Noncustodial Parent Is Released From Incarceration, And The Noncustodial Parent's Child Support Order And Obligation Will Become Enforceable On That Date; To Authorize The Department Of Human Services When Enforcing A Child Support Order To Administratively Adjust The Arrears Balance For An Order For Child Support That Was Suspended Because Of Incarceration Or Institutionalization Under Certain Conditions; To Amend Sections 93-11-65, 93-11-71 And 93-5-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals.

Sen. Brice Wiggins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
93	11	65	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	11	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text
93	5	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2619.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2619IN.htm