Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs.
Summary
Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth or the clerk of the circuit court shall not require any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge for which such defendant was incarcerated, or any other chare for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferred payment agreement with a due date set no earlier than 180 days after the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charges for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2026
Last action Jul 21, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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