2024 - Fines & Fees
APPROVED
HB 801 Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul [D]
Electronic communication systems within state correctional facilities; telephone calls and communication services; lowest available rates. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide telephone systems and web-based or electronic communications systems and that such systems shall be established at the lowest available rates. The maximum number of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list must be no fewer than 20.
01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101691D
01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
01/26/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
01/26/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/26/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
02/09/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 3-N)
02/09/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107325D-H1
02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/23/24 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
02/27/24 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
02/27/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (30-Y 9-N)
02/29/24 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (63-Y 37-N)
02/29/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 37-N)
03/06/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB801ER)
03/06/24 House: Signed by Speaker
03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 480 (effective 7/1/24)
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HB 912 HB 912 Correctional facilities, local; stores and telephone systems, fees.
Introduced by: Irene Shin [D]
Provides that the net profits from the operation of stores and telephonic communication systems in local correctional facilities shall be used within each facility respectively for educational, recreational, or medical purposes for the benefit of the inmates to include behavioral health, substance abuse, reentry, and rehabilitative services and may be expended to pay for the training, salaries, and benefits of employees or contractors whose primary job is to provide such programs and services to the inmates.
01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
01/19/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
02/02/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
02/07/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106920D-H1
02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB912H1
02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/23/24 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
02/27/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
02/27/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
02/29/24 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 3-N)
02/29/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 3-N)
03/06/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB912ER)
03/06/24 House: Signed by Speaker
03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/24)
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VETOED
HB 612 Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price [D]
Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant; deferred payment agreement. Extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency necessary for an account to be included on the required monthly report of delinquent accounts made by the clerk of the circuit court and district court.
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 the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charge for which such defendant received the longest period of active incarceration. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
01/26/24 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 3-N)
01/31/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
02/05/24 House: Committee amendments from Courts of Justice agreed to
02/05/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB612E
02/06/24 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
02/06/24 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
02/07/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)
02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/27/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
03/05/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB612ER)
03/05/24 House: Signed by Speaker
03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
04/08/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
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HB 614 Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price [D]
Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of community service work or work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as any work done on or after July 1, 2020, by a person confined in any penal or corrective institution of the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions who is paid a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage.
The bill requires such program be available during imprisonment in a local, regional, or state correctional facility. The bill provides that a person who is performing work while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory. The bill also requires the local, regional, or state correctional facility to provide confirmation of the hours worked and the credits earned for such work upon request of any person who has performed work while incarcerated or his representative.
01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104471D
01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/30/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/02/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
02/02/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/07/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)
02/07/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/08/24 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
02/09/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
02/09/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)
02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB614E
02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/21/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
02/21/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/27/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/27/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
03/05/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB614ER)
03/05/24 House: Signed by Speaker
03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
03/20/24: Vetoed
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HB 1264 Abolition of juvenile fines, costs, and fees; traffic infractions.
Introduced by: Irene Shin [D]Provides that any court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or guardian in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations court related to prosecutions of traffic infractions are discretionary.
01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/26/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
02/07/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106584D-H1
02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1264H1
02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/27/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
02/29/24 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 3-N)
02/29/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 3-N)
02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/27/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/27/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
02/28/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
03/05/24 House: Enrolled
03/05/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1264ER)
03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
04/08/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
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CONTINUED TO 2025
HB 1263 Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses.
Introduced by: Irene Shin [D]
Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations court related to prosecutions of criminal offenses.
01/10/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/26/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
02/02/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N)
02/07/24 House: Committee amendment agreed to
02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1263E
02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/27/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
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SB 378 State correctional facilities; telephone calls and communication services.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko [D]
State correctional facilities; telephone calls and communication services. Requires the Department of Corrections to provide telephone systems and web-based or electronic communications systems free of charge to any person, whether such person is initiating or receiving the communication. The bill also requires that a minimum ratio of one telephone per every 10 inmates be available within each housing unit at each correctional facility and that the maximum number of telephone numbers permitted on an approved call list must be no fewer than 20.
01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
01/19/24 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
01/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
01/31/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
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SB 481 Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses.
Introduced by: Lashrecse D. Aird |[D]
Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations court related to prosecutions of criminal offenses.
01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/24/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
01/24/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/07/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
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SB 633 Court fines and fees; indigent defendant; waiver of fees.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds [D]
Provides that in any criminal or traffic case, the court may waive the assessment of certain fees specified in the bill, either wholly or in part, if the court determines the defendant to be indigent pursuant to relevant law and is unable to pay such fee. The bill provides that the court may make such determination upon motion of the defendant at any time prior to the entry of order for which such fee is assessed or final order has been entered.
01/10/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
01/31/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105633D-S1
01/31/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/07/24 Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
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