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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court fines and costs; community service work in lieu of payment during imprisonment."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 736"
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citation: "Virginia SB 736 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b618fe22-3a2a-4058-898b-6a5db62133f7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB736"
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source_hash: "7483e9227d005aff17d15e2d1f0e6acec22f5e3773065cc0af9c2becef655ffa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 736 (2020) — Court fines and costs; community service work in lieu of payment during imprisonment.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0188)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB736ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB736ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB736)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB736S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103394D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20107103D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20107103D-S1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB736S1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB736S1)
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB736ER)
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b618fe22-3a2a-4058-898b-6a5db62133f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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