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2004 Regular Session

Senate Bill 596

AN ACT CONCERNING IMPROVED PROCESSING OF CHILD SUPPORT CASES.

Became law as Public Act 04-100, signed May 10, 2004, 63 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To improve the processing of Title IV-D child support enforcement cases by authorizing family support magistrates to issue certain writs of habeas corpus, by authorizing support enforcement officers to initiate support order modifications in nonassistance cases upon receipt of information indicating a substantial change in circumstances and to sign capias mittimus orders when an obligor fails to appear in court after being properly ordered to do so, by extending the obligation of support for children up to age nineteen, if in school and living with a parent, to nondissolution support cases, and by authorizing the automatic suspension or modification of a child support order where custody or guardianship of the child has been changed by order of the Probate Court or the Superior Court in a guardianship or juvenile matter.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Thomas A. Colapietro

In the House of Representatives

    4 co-sponsors

    Minnie Gonzalez, Felipe Reinoso, Louis P. Esposito Jr., Themis Klarides

    Its course

    March 8 to May 10, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action17 actions on 12 days

    In the SenateMar 8 to Apr 1437 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 8 to Mar 179 days

    In the House of RepresentativesApr 14 to Apr 228 days

    Waiting to be sentApr 22 to May 412 days

    With the GovernorMay 4 to May 106 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected Apr 22

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 8 – Apr 14

    1. Mar 8Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 9Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 17Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 14Passed the Senate

    In the House of Representatives Apr 16 – Apr 22

    1. Apr 16Arrived in the House of Representatives
    2. Apr 22The House of Representatives rejected House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. Passed the House of Representatives

    To the Governor May 3 – May 10

    1. May 3Numbered Public Act 04-100
    2. May 4Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. May 10Signed by the Governor
    All 17 actions, as published
    1. Mar 8REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 9PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 17Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 29REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 5FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 5SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 5FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 14SENATE PASSEDSenate
    11. Apr 16FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    12. Apr 16HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    13. Apr 22HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    14. Apr 22HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
    15. May 3PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    16. May 4TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    17. May 10SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor