- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 30
- Latest action
- Apr 5, 2017
What it does
Increases the grace period after which collection activity for unpaid court fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution may be commenced from 30 days to 90 days after sentencing or judgment. The bill also establishes the requirements for deferred or installment payment agreements that a court must offer a defendant who is unable to pay court-ordered fines, costs, forfeitures, and penalties. The bill requires that a court take into account a defendant's financial circumstances, including whether the defendant owes fines and costs to other courts, in setting the terms of a payment agreement, but such decision shall not be based solely on the amount of fines and costs owed. The bill…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- G. Manoli Loupassi
- Alfonso Lopez
- Barry Knight
- Benjamin L. Cline
- Betsy Carr
- Brenda L. Pogge
- Christopher K. Peace
- David B. Albo
- David E. Yancey
- James M. LeMunyon
- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III
- Jason S. Miyares
- John M. O'Bannon, III
- Joseph R. Yost
- Keith Hodges
- Lee Ware
- Matt Fariss
- Nick Freitas
- Peter F. Farrell
- R. Steven Landes
- Riley E. Ingram
- Robert B. Bell
- Ronald A. Villanueva
- Roxann Robinson
- S. Chris Jones
- T. Scott Garrett
- Terry Kilgore
- Timothy D. Hugo
- Tony Wilt
- William J. Howell
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Virginia.