HB1979
Wage garnishment; recovery of certain improper payment, etc., state tax debt.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Wage garnishment; state or local tax debt.
Provides that the maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of an individual for any workweek that is subject to garnishment to collect delinquent taxes and charges owed to the state or any local government shall not exceed 25 percent of such individual's disposable earnings for that week. The bill ... (More) contains technical amendments and applies only to garnishments issued on and after January 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104201D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/25/2025 - House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/25/2025 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 01/27/2025 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1979)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106300D-H1
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Finance Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 36-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/2025 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1979)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (15-Y 0-N)
