HB222 Alabama 2015 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Becky Nordgren RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2015
- Title
- Child support, employers who protects the wages of an employee from child support withholding, personally liable for the debt, Sec. 30-3-69.1 added
- Description
Under existing law, an employer who willfully fails or refuses to withhold or pay the amounts as ordered may be held to be in contempt of court, or personally liable to the obligee for failure to answer or withhold.
This bill would provide that an employer who pays his or her employee's wages in a manner intending to protect the wages of his or her employee from being garnished or withheld for the purpose of the collection of child support payment owed by the employee shall be personally liable for the child support that could have been garnished or withheld.
- Subjects
- Child Support
Bill Actions
Delivered to Governor at 9:30 a.m. on June 4, 2015.
Assigned Act No. 2015-365.
Clerk of the House Certification
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1399
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 376
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 375
Judiciary Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature