SB 180 VA

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Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court to within 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed by a circuit court or general district court. The bill provides that upon the expiration of the period of limitations, no action shall be brought to collect the debt.The bill extends the time period for commencing collection activity from 90 days to 180 days after judgment, but provides that no collection activity shall be commenced while a defendant is incarcerated on an active term of imprisonment and subject to a deferred payment agreement.The bill also provides that for any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine, cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge that such defendant is incarcerated for, or any other charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferred payment agreement for such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties. The bill requires the due date for such deferred payment agreement to be set no earlier than 180 days after the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day. This bill incorporates SB 185 and SB 810. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

• Angelia Williams Graves Democratic · primary

1. Jan 9, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100924D · upper
2. Jan 9, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB180) · upper
4. Jan 26, 2026 Senate committee amendments offered · upper
5. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
6. Feb 10, 2026 Incorporates SB810 (Jordan) · upper
7. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
8. Feb 10, 2026 Incorporates SB185 (Williams Graves) · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107642D-S1 · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
12. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 12, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
16. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
17. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
20. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
21. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB180) · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) · lower
23. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House (89-Y 9-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · upper
28. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB180ER) · upper
29. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
30. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
32. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Mar 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (3/23/2026 3:14 pm) · upper
34. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter356(Effective 1/1/2027) · executive
35. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML