89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 4492
Relating to the failure to pay child support by certain biological fathers; creating a criminal offense.
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Jolanda Jones
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89R6954 KRM-F By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 4492 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the failure to pay child support by certain biological fathers; creating a criminal offense. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 157, Family Code, is amended by adding Subchapter L to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER L. CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT Sec. 157.601. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a biological father who fails to pay child support for a child born to a mother who during the pregnancy was unable to access or