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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 1142

Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE

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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 3, 2026
Senate		Continued to next session in Finance and AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 25, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 9, 2026
House		Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 9, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 6, 2026
House		Reported from Public Safety with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 5, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see

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