VirginiaFines and costs; period of limitations on collection, deferred payment agreement.
What it does
Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court to within 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed by a circuit court or general district court. The bill provides that upon the expiration of the period of limitations, no action shall be brought to collect the debt.The bill also provides that for any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine, cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge that such defendant is incarcerated for, or any other charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferred payment agreement for such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties.
More detail
The bill requires the due date for such deferred payment agreement to be set no earlier than the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charges for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the period of limitations for payment of such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties shall start to run on the due date for such deferred payment agreement.The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 3Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB268)
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108678D-S1Major
- Feb 25Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB268)
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 2committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 2Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 1-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21House subcommittee offered
- Jan 20Assigned HCJ sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB268)
- Jan 9Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101608DIntroduced
- Mar 3Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Latest