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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 16

Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.

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

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Cosponsors (22)

Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of (i) community service work performed before or after imprisonment or (ii) work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as any work done on or after July 1, 2023, by a person confined in any local, regional, or state correctional facility who is paid a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage.The bill requires such program to be available during such person's imprisonment in a local, regional, or state correctional facility. The bill provides that a person who is performing work while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory. The bill also requires the local, regional, or state correctional facility to provide confirmation of the hours worked and the credits earned for such work upon request of any person who has performed work while incarcerated or his representative.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 10, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 9, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 5, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Reported from Finance and AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 25, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with amendmentspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 6, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 2, 2026
House		Reported from AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 30, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reportingpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 28, 2026
House		Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 23, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 21, 2026
Senate		Suspend the Rules RpassSet your home in Virginia to see

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