HB1142Introduced in the House of Delegates
Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs.
Introduced by Mike Cherry, District 74
What does this bill do?
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
March 3, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
5 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · March 3, 2026
14
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Obenshain | 2 | Yes |
| Todd Pillion | 6 | Yes |
| Creigh Deeds | 11 | Yes |
| Lashrecse Aird | 13 | Yes |
| Lamont Bagby | 14 | Absent |
| Louise Lucas | 18 | Yes |
| Aaron Rouse | 22 | Yes |
| Mamie Locke | 23 | Yes |
| Richard Stuart | 25 | Yes |
| Ryan McDougle | 26 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102471D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26107244D-H1
Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Read second time
committee substitute agreed to
committee amendment agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1142)
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108687D-S1
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Verify the information
- Official page on the Virginia Legislature website
- General Government and Capital Outlay Subcommittee Amendment (amendment)
- Appropriations Amendment (amendment)
- Appropriations Amendment (amendment)
- Fiscal Note/Analysis (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Engrossed (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
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