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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Court fines and costs; community service work in lieu of payment during imprisonment.	Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs. Provides that a court may permit an inmate to earn credits against any fines and court costs imposed against him by performing community service. Under current law, credits may be earned only before or after imprisonment. This bill is identical to HB 277.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 736	Virginia SB 736 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	4	26	5	2020-01-08	2020-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b618fe22-3a2a-4058-898b-6a5db62133f7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB736	7483e9227d005aff17d15e2d1f0e6acec22f5e3773065cc0af9c2becef655ffa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 736 (2020) — Court fines and costs; community service work in lieu of payment during imprisonment.

Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs. Provides that a court may permit an inmate to earn credits against any fines and court costs imposed against him by performing community service. Under current law, credits may be earned only before or after imprisonment. This bill is identical to HB 277.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB736ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103394D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20107103D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20107103D-S1
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB736S1)
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB736ER)
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b618fe22-3a2a-4058-898b-6a5db62133f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).