HB 277 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Court fines and costs; community work in lieu of payment during imprisonment.

Summary

Payments of court fines and costs; communitywork in lieu of payment; during imprisonment. Allows courts toprovide an option to any person upon whom a fine and costs have beenimposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earningcredits for the performance of community service work during imprisonment.Under current law, credit may be earned only for the performance ofcommunity service work completed before or after imprisonment.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Dec 30, 2019 Signed Mar 2, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 2, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 17, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 12, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 29, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Jan 28, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB277H1

lower

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 20106260D-H1

lower

Jan 22, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 15, 2020

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 14, 2020

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Dec 30, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Dec 30, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102588D

lower

1 primary · 19 co-sponsors