HB 1142 VA

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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.

• Mike A. Cherry Republican · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102471D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Feb 4, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107244D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay · lower
9. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) · lower
12. Feb 11, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · lower
14. Feb 12, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 committee amendment agreed to · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
18. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
19. Feb 16, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
20. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1142) · lower
21. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108687D-S1 · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper

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.

• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Appropriations Amendment · HTML
• Appropriations Amendment · HTML
• General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML