Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs.
Sponsored By: Mike A. Cherry (Republican)
In Committee
Summary
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.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mike A. Cherry
Republican • House
Cosponsors
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Roll Call Votes
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Actions Timeline
Continued from last session
7/21/2026SenateContinued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
3/3/2026SenateCommittee substitute printed 26108687D-S1
2/27/2026SenateReported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/25/2026SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1142)
2/23/2026HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2/16/2026SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2/16/2026SenateRead third time and passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
2/13/2026HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
2/12/2026Housecommittee amendment agreed to
2/12/2026Housecommittee substitute agreed to
2/12/2026HouseRead second time
2/12/2026HouseRead first time
2/11/2026HouseHouse subcommittee offered
2/9/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
2/9/2026HouseReported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2/9/2026HouseCommittee substitute printed 26107244D-H1
2/6/2026HouseReported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2/6/2026HouseAssigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
2/6/2026HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N)
2/5/2026HouseHouse subcommittee offered
2/4/2026HouseAssigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
1/23/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Public Safety
1/14/2026HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102471D
1/14/2026House
Bill Text
Substitute
2/27/2026
Engrossed
2/12/2026
Amendment
2/9/2026
Substitute
2/6/2026
Substitute
2/5/2026
Substitute
2/4/2026
Introduced
1/14/2026
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