Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment. (HB2055)
Introduced By
Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment. Provides that a party's incarceration alone for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing income for such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarceration for 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstances upon which a modification of a child support order may be based. Read the Bill »
Status
04/07/2021: enacted
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101869D |
| 01/12/2021 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/15/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2055) |
| 01/19/2021 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
| 01/20/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) |
| 01/22/2021 | Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/25/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/26/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/27/2021 | Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N) |
| 01/27/2021 | VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/28/2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2021 | Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law |
| 02/16/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from Judiciary with amendments (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) |
| 02/22/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/22/2021 | Reading of amendments waived |
| 02/22/2021 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/22/2021 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/22/2021 | Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to |
| 02/22/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
| 02/22/2021 | Amendments by Senator Morrissey agreed to |
| 02/22/2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/22/2021 | Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) |
| 02/23/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 97-N) |
| 02/23/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/23/2021 | Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) |
| 02/23/2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 02/25/2021 | House acceded to request |
| 02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 02/25/2021 | Delegates: Scott, Bourne, Kilgore |
| 02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 02/25/2021 | Senators: Deeds, Surovell, Stuart |
| 02/27/2021 | C Amended by conference committee |
| 02/27/2021 | Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 43-N) |
| 02/27/2021 | VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 43-N) |
| 02/27/2021 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2055ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
| 03/10/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2055ER) |
| 03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| 03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/31/2021 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 04/07/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 04/07/2021 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 42-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 42-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) |
| 04/07/2021 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
| 04/07/2021 | Reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Reenrolled bill text (HB2055ER2) |
| 04/07/2021 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 04/07/2021 | Enacted, Chapter 541 (effective - see bill) |
| 04/07/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541) |