Virginia House Bill 1655 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution; collection fees; assessment against incarcerated defendant. Provides that no collection fees, including the fees of any private attorneys or collection agencies, administrative fees, or any other fees related to collection activities, shall be assessed for the collection of any fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, or restitution imposed in a criminal case or in a case involving a traffic infraction (i) for any period during which the defendant is incarcerated and (ii) for a period of 180 days following the date of the defendant's release from incarceration if the sentence includes an active term of incarceration. The bill also extends from 90 days without payment to 180 days without payment the period of delinquency for which the clerk of circuit court and district court is required to submit monthly lists of delinquent accounts.

Fines, costs, forfeitures, etc.; collection fees, assessment against incarcerated defendant.

Del. Marcia Price [D]

2023-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101838D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	349	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1655
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1655+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104840D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0089+HB1655