Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security.
Summary
Deferred or installment payment agreements; certain benefits. Provides that in any case in which a defendant owes fines and costs and where such defendant's sole financial resource is a Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income, such defendant shall be exempt from making payments until he has another source of income and, if such defendant notifies the court that his sole financial resource is a Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income, the case shall not be referred to collections. The bill also prohibits a Social Security benefit or Supplemental Security Income from being considered an available resource in determining the length of time to pay under a deferred, modified deferred, or installment payment agreement and the amount of payments, if any. This bill is identical to SB 625.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER)
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Phil Hernandez
DDemocratic
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