HB 3813

relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support
owed by obligors who are incarcerated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), for
delinquent child support owed by a child support obligor who is
confined in local, state, or federal jail or prison, the interest
rate on child support arrearages described by each of those
subsections accrues at the rate of three percent simple interest
per year from the date of the obligor's incarceration until the date
the obligor is released from incarceration.
SECTION 2.  Section 157.265(c-1), Family Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to the accrual of interest on child support
arrearages owed by a child support obligor who is incarcerated on or
after the effective date of this Act.  The accrual of interest on
child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor
incarcerated before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.