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House narrowly approves license-suspension measure for certain child-support delinquencies
Summary
After extended debate and a call of the House, lawmakers passed first-substitute H.B. 268 allowing professional or driver's-license suspension in narrowly defined, last-resort child-support enforcement situations; sponsor cited out-of-state collections data and the House approved the measure 42–30.
The House debated H.B. 268, brought by Representative Doyle M. Mortimer, which would allow the revocation or suspension of professional and driver's licenses as a last-resort enforcement tool for obligors who are in arrears and refuse to cooperate with the Office of Recovery Services.
Mortimer described procedural safeguards in the bill: an obligor would be…
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