republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-896.md

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Bill	Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security.	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 896	Virginia HB 896 (2024)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	4	31	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/78176c50-05d3-47cb-8501-b736ec68932d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB896	f1509781b8bdcf5d77c844f807e116952c99c12f9ff9d81be298dfeb6311e490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 896 (2024) — Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security.

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.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0735 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106272D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB896ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100862D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N) — 72–24 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100862D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106272D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24106272D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB896H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB896H1)
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB896ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78176c50-05d3-47cb-8501-b736ec68932d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).