---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricted permit; prepayment of fines and costs."
description: "Restricted permit; prepayment of fines and costs.Provides that any person who is otherwise eligible to receive a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle shall not be required to pay infull his fines and costs before being issued such restricted permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1262"
citation: "Virginia SB 1262 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5119b23-24f9-455c-9943-19501f661a38"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1262"
source_hash: "fe020c1faf7411b885f44d6f149fe6334ce3f72948e6f74fda04f17b53980af8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1262 (2021) — Restricted permit; prepayment of fines and costs.

Restricted permit; prepayment of fines and costs.Provides that any person who is otherwise eligible to receive a restricted permit to operate a motor vehicle shall not be required to pay infull his fines and costs before being issued such restricted permit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0336** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0336)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101088D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1262)
3. **SB1262ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1262ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 1-N) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — **12–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101088D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1262)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-16** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Passed House (96-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 1-N)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB1262ER)
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 336 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5119b23-24f9-455c-9943-19501f661a38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).