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type: "Bill"
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title: "Restitution; priority of payments."
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description: "Provides that whenever a defendant owes court-ordered restitution payments, any money collected shall be used first to satisfy such restitution order and any collection costs associated with restitution prior to being used to satisfy any other fines or costs owed by the defendant."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2338"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2338 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-13"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8de4f7f0-4c64-4206-a875-937e43249842"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2338"
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source_hash: "78b1bd2a58f1b970f1546d945fbead536b9985dc5a0151252366c16f5fbfbe7f"
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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 HB 2338 (2017) — Restitution; priority of payments.
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Provides that whenever a defendant owes court-ordered restitution payments, any money collected shall be used first to satisfy such restitution order and any collection costs associated with restitution prior to being used to satisfy any other fines or costs owed by the defendant.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0757)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2338ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2338ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103916D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2338)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103916D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2338E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 17103916D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2338E
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- **2017-02-01** Printed as engrossed 17103916D-E
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- **2017-02-02** Engrossed bill reprinted 17103916D-E
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- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-17** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-17** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/17) `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/8de4f7f0-4c64-4206-a875-937e43249842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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