Child support; withholding of income of independent contractors.
Summary
Clarifies that income earned by an independent contractor may be withheld by court order for payment of child support obligations.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019
How they voted
36–1
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 5, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1539E
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100092D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
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