SB180Introduced in the Senate
Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection, responsibility for collections.
Introduced by Angelia Williams Graves, District 21
What does this bill do?
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)
April 8, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
House of DelegatesStage: Passed House (89-Y 9-N 0-A) · March 4, 2026
89
Yes
9
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each delegate voted
| Delegate | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hope | 1 | Yes |
| Adele McClure | 2 | Yes |
| Alfonso Lopez | 3 | Yes |
| Charniele Herring | 4 | Yes |
| Kirk McPike | 5 | Yes |
| Richard Sullivan | 6 | Yes |
| Karen Keys-Gamarra | 7 | Yes |
| Irene Shin | 8 | Yes |
| Karrie Delaney | 9 | Yes |
| Dan Helmer | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100924D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB180)
Senate committee amendments offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Incorporates SB810 (Jordan)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
Incorporates SB185 (Williams Graves)
Committee substitute printed 26107642D-S1
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB180)
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Read third time
Passed House (89-Y 9-N 0-A)
Enrolled
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB180ER)
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (3/23/2026 3:14 pm)
Approved by Governor-Chapter356(Effective 1/1/2027)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356)
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