Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
Summary
Child support obligations; party's incarcerationnot deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment. Providesthat a party's incarceration for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing incomefor such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarcerationfor 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstancesupon which a modification of a child support order may be based.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Apr 7, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2021
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 33
Feb 19, 2021
D
Democratic17
76% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
56
Key actions
18
Committee
13
Amendments
6
Apr 7, 2021
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 42-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 43-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendments by Senator Morrissey agreed to
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-0-6)
senate
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (8-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101869D
lower
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Don Scott
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Bourne
DDemocratic
Co
Lamont Bagby
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
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