Prior law required, until July 1, 2015, the obligation of a person to pay child support pursuant to an order that is being enforced by a local child support agency under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act to be suspended for the period of time exceeding 90 days in which the person required to pay support is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized, with specified exceptions. Prior law required that, upon the release of the obligor, the obligation to pay child support immediately resume in the amount otherwise specified in the child support order prior to the suspension of that obligation. Prior law required the court to provide notice to the parties of the support obligation suspension at the time the order was issued or modified. Prior law authorized an obligor, upon release from incarceration or involuntary institutionalization, to petition the court for an adjustment of the arrears pursuant to the suspension of the support obligation.
California AB 610 (20152016) — Child support: suspension of support order.
Prior law required, until July 1, 2015, the obligation of a person to pay child support pursuant to an order that is being enforced by a local child support agency under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act to be suspended for the period of time exceeding 90 days in which the person required to pay support is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized, with specified exceptions. Prior law required that, upon the release of the obligor, the obligation to pay child support immediately resume in the amount otherwise specified in the child support order prior to the suspension of that obligation. Prior law required the court to provide notice to the parties of the support obligation suspension at the time the order was issued or modified. Prior law authorized an obligor, upon release from incarceration or involuntary institutionalization, to petition the court for an adjustment of the arrears pursuant to the suspension of the support obligation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 610 JONES-SAWYER Third Reading Urgency — 69–4 (pass) · lower
AB 610 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
Brown — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 1336.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2480.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 2944.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ae497f0-eb61-434a-aff5-6e9d6736accb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).