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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia SB 776

Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.

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

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Summary

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

Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has willfully refused to pay. The bill provides that in assessing such failure to pay, the court shall presume that a defendant who is indigent pursuant to relevant law, or who has been deemed indigent during the pendency of a criminal or traffic case, is unable to pay such fines and costs. The bill requires the court to order such defendant relief from any alleged breach of probation, absent any specific finding to the contrary.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 6, 2026
Senate		Concur House Amendments RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
House		Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 18, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 5, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 3, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with amendmentspassSet your home in Virginia to see

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