Topeka ? Parents falling behind in their court-ordered child support payments could find their driving severely restricted under compromise legislation sent Monday to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

The House voted 108-14 on the measure worked out by negotiators from the two chambers. Last week, the Senate approved it 36-4. Sebelius is expected to sign the bill.

The bill still says those owing more than $500 in child support would be targeted by the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services to have their license restricted until the debt is paid or until the parent makes arrangements to pay what’s owed.

As passed by the House, the bill would have resulted in a license being revoked, but the Senate changed that to allow parents to have a restricted license for such things as going to work or school, dealing with medical emergencies and taking children to and from school.

“If they have a job, we want them to go to work so they can pay what they owe,” said Rep. Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, his chamber’s lead negotiator on the bill.

Most child support payments in Kansas go through SRS to the parent primarily responsible for the child’s care.

SRS says the bill would mean an additional $200,000 in child support collections.

About 54 percent of children owed support money receive the full amount, and the average deadbeat parent owes $7,127 to their children. SRS says for the one-year period ending June 30, 2005, child support collections were $156 million.

Kansas ranks 36th nationally in enforcing child support orders.

Meanwhile, a bill allowing the suspension of hunting and fishing licenses of such parents is in a House-Senate conference committee.