VirginiaFines and costs; period of limitations on collection, responsibility for collections.
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 extends the time period for commencing collection activity from 90 days to 180 days after judgment, but provides that no collection activity shall be commenced while a defendant is incarcerated on an active term of imprisonment and subject to a deferred payment agreement.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 180 days after the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day. This bill is identical to SB 180. 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
- Apr 8Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0355)Latest
- Apr 8Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter355 (Effective 1/1/2027)Became Law
- Mar 26Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (3/26/2026 10:21 am)
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 13Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 13Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 13Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB17ER)Major
- Mar 13EnrolledMinor
- Mar 6Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 4Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 4Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Mar 4Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 4Committee substitute printed 26109052D-S2Major
- Mar 3Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 3Rules suspended
- Mar 3Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB17)
- Feb 27Committee substitute printed 26108696D-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 9Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB17)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 5Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 5committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 5Read second timeMinor
- Feb 4Read first timeMinor
- Feb 2Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital OutlayMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21House subcommittee offered
- Jan 20Assigned HCJ sub: CriminalMinor
- 2025
- Dec 22Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Dec 22Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102055DIntroduced