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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires child support payments from individuals convicted of vehicular homicide when the victim is a parent
Last action · May 18, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
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What This Bill Proposed
Individuals convicted of where the victim is a parent of a minor child are required to pay child support for the surviving child under proposed state law. The mandated financial support follows the statutory schedule provided in R.S. 9:315.19, in addition to existing criminal penalties.
Surviving minor children of victims become eligible for court-ordered child support payments funded by the convicted offender.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Individuals convicted of vehicular homicide
Offenders are legally required to make child support payments for surviving minor children of the victim.
Surviving minor children
Children who lose a parent to vehicular homicide become eligible to receive court-ordered child support payments from the offender.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is required to pay child support under HB 986?
How is the child support amount determined?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- May 18, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- May 14, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- May 13, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- May 12, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- May 12, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
- May 11, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (6-0).
Show 2 earlier actions
- Mar 24, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title. Lies over under the rules.
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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