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	1	+	89R5761 KRM-D
1	2		By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 629
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed December 17, 2024; February 3, 2025,
3		-	read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
4		-	April 30, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 1; April 30, 2025,
6		-	sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
8		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 629 By: Hughes
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13	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
14	8		AN ACT
15	9		relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.
16	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
17		-	SECTION 1. ~~Section~~ 157.265, Family Code, ~~is amended to read~~
18		-	as follows:
19		-	~~Sec. 157.265. ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON CHILD SUPPORT.~~ (a)
20		-	~~Interest accrues on the portion of delinquent child~~ support that is
21		-	~~greater than the amount of the monthly periodic~~ support obligation
22		-	~~at the rate of three [six] percent simple~~ interest per year from the
23		-	~~date the support is delinquent until the~~ date the support is paid or
24		-	~~the arrearages are confirmed and reduced~~ to money judgment.
	11	+	SECTION 1. Sections 157.265(a), (b), and (c), Family Code,
	12	+	are amended to read as follows:
	13	+	(a) Interest accrues on the portion of delinquent child
	14	+	support that is greater than the amount of the monthly periodic
	15	+	support obligation at the rate of three [six] percent simple
	16	+	interest per year from the date the support is delinquent until the
	17	+	date the support is paid or the arrearages are confirmed and reduced
	18	+	to money judgment.
25	19		(b) Interest accrues on child support arrearages that have
26	20		been confirmed and reduced to money judgment as provided in this
27	21		subchapter at the rate of three [six] percent simple interest per
28	22		year from the date the order is rendered until the date the judgment
29	23		is paid.
30	24		(c) Interest accrues on a money judgment for retroactive or
31	25		lump-sum child support at the annual rate of three [six] percent
32	26		simple interest from the date the order is rendered until the
33	27		judgment is paid.
34		-	(d) Subsection (a) applies to a child support payment that
35		-	becomes due on or after January 1, 2026 [2002].
36		-	(e) Child support arrearages in existence on January 1, 2026
37		-	[2002], that were not confirmed and reduced to a money judgment on
38		-	or before that date accrue interest as follows:
39		-	(1) before January 1, 2026 [2002], the arrearages are
40		-	subject to the interest rate that applied to the arrearages before
41		-	that date; and
42		-	(2) on and after January 1, 2026 [2002], the
43		-	cumulative total of arrearages and interest accumulated on those
44		-	arrearages described by Subdivision (1) is subject to Subsection
45		-	(a).
46		-	(f) Subsections (b) and (c) apply to a money judgment for
47		-	child support rendered on or after January 1, 2026 [2002]. A money
48		-	judgment for child support rendered before that date is governed by
49		-	the law in effect on the date the judgment was rendered, and the
50		-	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
51		-	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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	28	+	SECTION 2. Sections 157.265(d), (e), and (f), Family Code,
	29	+	are repealed.
	30	+	SECTION 3. (a) Section 157.265(a), Family Code, as amended
	31	+	by this Act, applies to a child support payment that becomes due on
	32	+	or after January 1, 2026.
	33	+	(b) Child support arrearages in existence on January 1,
	34	+	2026, that were not confirmed and reduced to a money judgment on or
	35	+	before that date accrue interest as follows:
	36	+	(1) before January 1, 2002, the arrearages are subject
	37	+	to the interest rate that applied to the arrearages before that
	38	+	date;
	39	+	(2) on or after January 1, 2002, but before January 1,
	40	+	2026, the arrearages are subject to the interest rate that applied
	41	+	to the arrearages immediately before the effective date of this
	42	+	Act; and
	43	+	(3) on or after January 1, 2026, the cumulative total
	44	+	of arrearages and interest accumulated on the arrearages described
	45	+	by Subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection is subject to Section
	46	+	157.265(a), Family Code, as amended by this Act.
	47	+	(c) Sections 157.265(b) and (c), Family Code, as amended by
	48	+	this Act, apply only to a money judgment for child support rendered
	49	+	on or after January 1, 2026. A money judgment rendered before that
	50	+	date is governed by the law in effect on the date the judgment was
	51	+	rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	52	+	purpose.
	53	+	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.