Tennessee Senate Bill 553 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-11 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, removes authorization to revoke, deny, suspend, or restrict driver licenses and professional licenses of obligors who have been certified by the department of human services to be in noncompliance with an order of child support if the obligor has paid any portion of the obligation or is making one or more installment payments toward certain payment plans; requires licensing authorities to reinstate licenses previously revoked, denied, suspended, or restricted due to failure to comply with a child support obligation upon payment of a reasonable fee. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 63.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 55; Title 56 and Title 63, relative to actions against licenses for overdue child support.

Sen. Sara Kyle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-11	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
2021-02-10	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2021-02-08	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0450 (Crossfiled) 2021-03-31 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee of Civil Justice Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0553&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0553.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB0450.pdf