Monitoring the Session

HB 3813

bill lowers child support interest to 3% during incarceration

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Linda GarciaDHouse 107

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Three percent simple interest while the parent is locked up.

The bill lowers the interest rate on unpaid child support to three percent simple interest per year while the parent who owes it is locked up in a local, state, or federal jail or prison. It touches incarcerated parents who owe back child support and the parents and children who are owed that money. Starting September 1, 2025, debt from unpaid support grows more slowly during a jail or prison stay, but only for parents who are jailed on or after that date.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 5, 2025 and referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence subcommittee on Family & Fiduciary Relationships. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3813 · 2025-03-05

SOLD BY

Rep. Linda GarciaDHouse 107

ITEM

relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.

WHAT IT DOES

Three percent simple interest while the parent is locked up.

The bill lowers the interest rate on unpaid child support to three percent simple interest per year while the parent who owes it is locked up in a local, state, or federal jail or prison. It touches incarcerated parents who owe back child support and the parents and children who are owed that money. Starting September 1, 2025, debt from unpaid support grows more slowly during a jail or prison stay, but only for parents who are jailed on or after that date.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Linda Garcia

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$14KTexas Sands PAC$8KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$8K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to May 26, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$14,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 22, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100984280.

Texas Sands PAC$8,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash
$8,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100984280, 101062624.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$7,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$7,500.00

Cash
$7,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011004, 101030065, 101062624.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$14,000.00

Cash
$14,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$14,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 22, 2024 to Dec 11, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100984280.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$8,000.00

Cash
$8,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$8,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 1, 2024 to May 18, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100984280, 101062624.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$7,500.00

Cash
$7,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$7,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 24, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101011004, 101030065, 101062624.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 5, 2025

03/26/2025 H Referred to s/c on Family & Fiduciary Relationships by Speaker: Mar 26 2025 11:31AM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Corrections--Jails & Prisons

Family--Child Support

Family--Parent & Child

Text

The text as introduced · 224 words

89R12035 KRM-F

By: Garcia of Dallas
H.B. No. 3813

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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.