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Committee moves RS32137 to print; bill would enshrine child-support license exemptions into statute
Summary
RS32137 would move an existing administrative rule on license suspensions for nonpayment of child support into statute and remove TANF as a good-cause exemption; the committee voted to send the draft to print for formal introduction.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Jan. 24 to send RS32137 to print, a legislative shell that would move an existing administrative rule on child-support-related license suspensions into statute and remove Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as a listed good-cause exemption for avoiding suspension of a driver's or occupational license.
Senator Brandon Shippey (R-District 9) presented RS32137, saying the draft transfers section 302 from IDAPA 16.03.03 (Child Support Services) into statute so lawmakers — not agency rulemaking — control the provision. "This section details what good causes, good cause exemptions exist to qualify someone to not have their driver's license or occupational license suspended if they are not paying child support," Shippey said.
Shippey told the committee the proposal is largely the same as the administrative rule previously reviewed, with one substantive change: elimination of TANF as an allowed good-cause exemption. When Senator Wintrow asked why TANF was removed, Shippey declined to answer in committee and said he would reserve that explanation for the full hearing.
Senator Zetterfeld moved that RS32137 go to print; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The committee record shows the measure was introduced for print and will be scheduled for a formal hearing at a later date, where proponents and opponents can offer testimony and where the change regarding TANF is expected to be discussed in detail.
Advancing the language from administrative rule into statute would shift control of the exemptions from the executive branch rule-making process to the Legislature. The draft and any subsequent bill could change eligibility for a statutory exemption that currently protects some recipients from having certain licenses suspended for nonpayment of child support.
The chair closed consideration of RS32137 after the committee voted to send the draft to print.
