HB 177 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Fee for passing bad checks to localities; payment order not paid by recipient.

Summary
Fee for passing bad checks to localities. Makes clarifying amendments to existing provisions related to the imposition of a fee by a locality for the passing of a bad check and adds a reference to electronic payment orders to such provisions. The bill also provides that no fee shall be imposed as the result of an electronic payment order that is not honored as the result of the nonexistence of any account matching the account information provided by the taxpayer, provided that the taxpayer has not tendered any other electronic payment order that was not honored during the 12 months preceding the tender of the payment order in question.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 6, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill has been finalized and enacted into law as Chapter 86 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy text regarding bad check fees remains identical to the previous version, with no changes to the $50 fee limit or the rules for imposing penalties. The primary changes are technical formatting updates, such as adding the official chapter number and changing the approval date to April 6, 2026.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; the legal provisions for localities to charge bad check fees remain exactly the same.
ENFORCEMENT

Added official chapter designation (Chapter 86) and updated the approval date to April 6, 2026, indicating the bill is now law.

TECHNICAL

Converted the text from a draft format with line numbers and deletion markers to a standard published legislative format.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 5, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 3, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
15
Committee
8
Amendments
5
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB177ER)
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 2-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Local Government Amendments agreed to
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N 1-A)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bonita Anthony
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
VA
92