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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 603

The collection of delinquent child support and granting rule-making authority

Topics: Children and Families, Department of, Debt and debtors, Family: Support, Financial institution, Insurance, Interstate relations, Lien, Revenue, Department of

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2012

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a state agency may certify to the Department of Revenue (DOR) a debt owed to the agency. DOR may then collect the debt by subtracting the amount from the debtor's tax refund. If the debtor owes more than one certified debt, DOR collects the earliest certified debt first. Under this bill, if a debtor owes more than one certified debt, DOR collects child support obligations first.

Under current law, if an individual who is obligated to pay court-ordered child or family support or maintenance (support) has an overdue support obligation because of a failure to pay, his or her name and amount of support owed is posted on a statewide support lien docket and the amount of support owed becomes a lien in favor of the Department of Children and Families (DCF) on all of the individual's property. The bill requires every insurer authorized to do business in this state, before paying any claim, to check the statewide support lien docket to ensure that the individual does not have an overdue support obligation (support liability). If the individual has a support liability, the insurer must pay the claim proceeds, up to the amount of the support liability, to DCF. After any support liability is paid, the individual is paid any claim proceeds that remain.

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Under current law, DCF may enforce the lien in favor of DCF that is created automatically when an individual has an overdue support obligation by sending a notice to a financial institution to freeze any accounts that the individual has at the financial institution. The financial institution must then send to DCF funds from the individual's accounts, up to the amount of the overdue support obligation, if the individual does not request a hearing on the matter, or if the individual requests a hearing but the court determines that the individual owes the overdue support obligation. Current law also provides that DCF may send to a financial institution notice of a lien in favor of another state for an overdue support obligation. The notice must request enforcement of the lien and include a certification that any due process requirements were met in the other state. The bill provides that a support enforcement agency of another state may send to a financial institution in this state directly, instead of through DCF, notice that the other state has a lien for an overdue support obligation against accounts held at the financial institution, along with a request to enforce the lien and certification that all due process requirements have been met in the other state. If these requirements are met, the financial institution must send the amount stated in the notice to the address specified in the notice.

Who's behind it

6 representatives are its ⁠. 4 are Republicans, 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Independent.

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Authors (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 0 · Mar 9, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 9, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 9, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.

  4. Mar 1, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 29, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Feb 22, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 21, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

  8. Feb 21, 2012

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Ziegelbauer, Spanbauer, Petersen, Doyle and Endsley

  2. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families

  3. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 29, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 1, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

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Cost estimate

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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

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