Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 351

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Relating to: residence of noncustodial parent ordered to register for a work experience and job training program. (FE)

Family — Support Unemployment — Relief measures

Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill modifies an eligibility criterion based on residence for the Children

First program.

Under current law, in an action in which child support payments may be

ordered, modified, or enforced, the court may order a noncustodial parent who is

unemployed or underemployed to participate in a work experience and job training

program known as Children First. If the noncustodial parent does not reside in the

county in which the action is taking place, the court may not order him or her to

participate unless he or she resides in a county that has a Children First program

and that agrees to enroll the parent in the program. This bill provides that a court

may order a noncustodial parent to participate in Children First if the parent resides

in a county, or within a reasonable driving distance, as determined by the court, from

a county, that has a Children First program and that agrees to enroll the parent in

the program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DCF

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Dec 14, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 28, 2016 official source full page