HB 267

  • Delaware House Bill
  • 152nd General Assembly (2023-2024)
  • Introduced in House Jan 25, 2024
  • Passed House Jan 25, 2024
  • Passed Senate Jun 27, 2024
  • Signed by Governor Oct 23, 2024

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Violations Of Child Support Orders.

Abstract

This Act prohibits the Family Court from imposing a sentence of incarceration or ordering the suspension of a person’s license for failure to pay court-ordered child support unless it finds that the failure to pay is wilful and not due to an inability of the person to pay the support. This Act also makes technical corrections to correct a typographical error in existing code and to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Bill Sponsors (7)

Votes


Jun 27, 2024

Jan 25, 2024

Actions


Oct 23, 2024

Office of the Governor

Signed by Governor

Jun 27, 2024

Senate

Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO

Mar 20, 2024

Senate

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Judiciary

Jan 25, 2024

House

Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 5 NO 5 ABSENT

House

Amendment HA 1 to HB 267 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

Senate

Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary

Jan 24, 2024

House

Amendment HA 1 to HB 267 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

Jan 17, 2024

House

Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 2 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits

  • Committee-Passage
  • Committee-Passage-Favorable
Judiciary

Dec 14, 2023

House

Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

  • Introduction
  • Referral-Committee
Judiciary

Bill Text

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HA 1 to HB 267 HTML PDF

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