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| Bill | Orders of restitution; docketed on behalf of victim, enforcement. | Orders of restitution; enforcement. Provides that an order of restitution shall be docketed in the name of the Commonwealth, or a locality if applicable, on behalf of a victim, unless the victim named in the order of restitution requests in writing that the order be docketed in the name of the victim. The bill provides that an order of restitution docketed in the name of the victim shall be enforced by the victim as a civil judgment. The bill also states that the clerk of such court shall record and disburse restitution payments in accordance with orders of restitution or judgments for restitution docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality. The bill provides that at any time before a judgment for restitution docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality is satisfied, the court shall, at the written request of the victim, order the circuit court clerk to execute and docket an assignment of the judgment to the victim and remove from its automated financial system the amount of unpaid restitution. Similarly, the bill provides that if a judge of the district court orders the circuit court clerk to execute and docket an assignment of the judgment to the victim, the district court clerk shall remove from its automated financial system the amount of unpaid restitution. Additionally, the bill states that if the victim requests that the order of restitution be docketed in the name of the victim or that a judgment for restitution previously docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality be assigned to the victim, the victim shall provide to the court an address where the defendant can mail payment for the amount due and such address shall not be confidential. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2233 | Virginia HB 2233 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2233 (2021) — Orders of restitution; docketed on behalf of victim, enforcement.
Orders of restitution; enforcement. Provides that an order of restitution shall be docketed in the name of the Commonwealth, or a locality if applicable, on behalf of a victim, unless the victim named in the order of restitution requests in writing that the order be docketed in the name of the victim. The bill provides that an order of restitution docketed in the name of the victim shall be enforced by the victim as a civil judgment. The bill also states that the clerk of such court shall record and disburse restitution payments in accordance with orders of restitution or judgments for restitution docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality. The bill provides that at any time before a judgment for restitution docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality is satisfied, the court shall, at the written request of the victim, order the circuit court clerk to execute and docket an assignment of the judgment to the victim and remove from its automated financial system the amount of unpaid restitution. Similarly, the bill provides that if a judge of the district court orders the circuit court clerk to execute and docket an assignment of the judgment to the victim, the district court clerk shall remove from its automated financial system the amount of unpaid restitution. Additionally, the bill states that if the victim requests that the order of restitution be docketed in the name of the victim or that a judgment for restitution previously docketed in the name of the Commonwealth or a locality be assigned to the victim, the victim shall provide to the court an address where the defendant can mail payment for the amount due and such address shall not be confidential.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0190 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2233ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101548D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21101548D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101548D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB2233E
- 2021-01-26 Printed as engrossed 21101548D-E
- 2021-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 Enrolled
- 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/811b45d0-923e-40ee-8f31-57defc374c5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).