republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-776.md

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Bill	Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.	Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has willfully refused to pay. The bill provides that in assessing such failure to pay, the court shall presume that a defendant who is indigent pursuant to relevant law, or who has been deemed indigent during the pendency of a criminal or traffic case, is unable to pay such fines and costs. The bill requires the court to order such defendant relief from any alleged breach of probation, absent any specific finding to the contrary.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 776	Virginia SB 776 (2026)	bill		enacted	Tammy Brankley Mulchi	6	32	8	2026-01-22	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4ea31767-3bfc-48b5-8b45-25e4aeb3a539	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB776	90c50b4056a76df164863f1bb7ece4e055a7629570d9580ba7e3a7a7aa8f205f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 776 (2026) — Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.

Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has willfully refused to pay. The bill provides that in assessing such failure to pay, the court shall presume that a defendant who is indigent pursuant to relevant law, or who has been deemed indigent during the pendency of a criminal or traffic case, is unable to pay such fines and costs. The bill requires the court to order such defendant relief from any alleged breach of probation, absent any specific finding to the contrary.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Criminal Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Amendments R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 34–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tammy Brankley Mulchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26102472D introduction
• 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-03 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-04 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to Block Vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-12 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB776ER) passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 953 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ea31767-3bfc-48b5-8b45-25e4aeb3a539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).