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type: "Bill"
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title: "Deferred or installment payment agreements; universal minimum payments."
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description: "Deferred or installment payment agreements; minimum payments. Provides that if the defendant requests to enter into an installment agreement, the court may offer installment payments of (i) $25 per month, or a higher amount, depending upon a defendant's ability to pay or (ii) less than $25 per month if the defendant is determined to be indigent."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1661"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1661 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Jones"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85be06b2-eecc-430e-8726-f13a6fbd2324"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1661"
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source_hash: "9e749bfd8d0e71bed5e28b8b336a73c7d5b660361ce11c91914aa28242fff7fe"
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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 1661 (2025) — Deferred or installment payment agreements; universal minimum payments.
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Deferred or installment payment agreements; minimum payments. Provides that if the defendant requests to enter into an installment agreement, the court may offer installment payments of (i) $25 per month, or a higher amount, depending upon a defendant's ability to pay or (ii) less than $25 per month if the defendant is determined to be indigent.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012510.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024166.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077684.PDF)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021236.PDF)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027245.PDF)
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6. **Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047824.PDF)
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7. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048633.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059569.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N) — **63–36** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 2-N) — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101160D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Committee substitute printed 25105150D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-18** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1661)
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-27** Appropriations Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
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- **2025-01-27** Printed as engrossed 25105150D-EH1
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1661)
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Committee substitute printed 25107306D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1661)
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-14** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1661ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1661)
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)
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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/85be06b2-eecc-430e-8726-f13a6fbd2324`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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