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type: "Bill"
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title: "Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 896"
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citation: "Virginia HB 896 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78176c50-05d3-47cb-8501-b736ec68932d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB896"
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source_hash: "f1509781b8bdcf5d77c844f807e116952c99c12f9ff9d81be298dfeb6311e490"
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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 896 (2024) — Deferred or installment payment agreements; exempt from payments if sole income is Social Security.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0735** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0735)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106272D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB896H1)
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3. **HB896ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB896ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100862D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB896)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100862D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106272D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 24106272D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB896H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB896H1)
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- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB896ER)
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 735 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735)
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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/78176c50-05d3-47cb-8501-b736ec68932d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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