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Committee hears evidence to halve interest rate on child support arrears; substitute delays effective date
Summary
Supporters urged lowering interest on child support arrears from 6% to 3%, citing research and state arrears totals; a committee substitute requested by the Attorney General would delay the statute's effective date from Sept. 1, 2025, to Jan. 1, 2026. The committee took public testimony and left the bill pending.
The committee considered a substitute to Senate Bill 6 29 that would reduce the interest rate on past‑due child support from 6% to 3% annually and—per a committee substitute requested by the Attorney General—change the statute’s effective date from Sept. 1, 2025, to Jan. 1, 2026.
The Dean of the Senate summarized the scale of arrears and the bill’s intent, saying Texas faces “approximately $19,000,000,000” in unpaid child support and that lowering the interest rate from 6% to 3% would “make repayments…
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