HB 2124 Summary

• Increases the felony threshold for criminal nonsupport from twelve to twenty-four monthly payments of arrearage before the offense becomes a class D felony, keeping it a class A misdemeanor below that threshold.

• Adds expungement provisions allowing first-time felony nonsupport offenders to petition for expungement of all records after eight years if they have no subsequent convictions, remain current on child support, pay off all arrearages, and meet other specified conditions.

• Clarifies that those who plead guilty to criminal nonsupport charges are eligible for probation or parole conditions requiring payment of current support and arrearages, with periodic payments capped at fifty percent of adjusted gross income.

• Allows DNA profile expungement for individuals whose criminal nonsupport convictions are reversed, guilty pleas are set aside, or records are expunged under section 568.040.

• Establishes work release and parole consideration for nonviolent first- and second-time offenders incarcerated for criminal nonsupport effective August 28, 2009.