republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-625.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 HB 896.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 625	Virginia SB 625 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	4	33	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/829a02e3-b7d2-45ae-a204-538d5953ae58	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB625	605976cec8e84f18f7d7b4c62262ead0ba9dd1bd9a317fee3e38304c90cfd56e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 625 (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 HB 896.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0775 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106332D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103452D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB625ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) — 73–26 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103452D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB625)
• 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute printed 24106332D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106332D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB625S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB625S1)
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House (74-Y 26-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 26-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB625ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB625ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 775 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/829a02e3-b7d2-45ae-a204-538d5953ae58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).