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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated."
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description: "Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of (i) community service work performed before or after imprisonment or (ii) work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as any work done on or after July 1, 2023, by a person confined in any local, regional, or state correctional facility who is paid a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage.The bill requires such program to be available during such person's imprisonment in a local, regional, or state correctional facility. The bill provides that a person who is performing work while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory. The bill also requires the local, regional, or state correctional facility to provide confirmation of the hours worked and the credits earned for such work upon request of any person who has performed work while incarcerated or his representative."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 16"
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citation: "Virginia HB 16 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-12-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32725fc1-65fc-4e80-b933-651d8a096fbb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB16"
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source_hash: "f2e8ea4a1b98a20b5328b42c761fee52c4dd5d99fb103424402d407e19224ac4"
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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 16 (2026) — Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.
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Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs by earning credits for the performance of (i) community service work performed before or after imprisonment or (ii) work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as any work done on or after July 1, 2023, by a person confined in any local, regional, or state correctional facility who is paid a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage.The bill requires such program to be available during such person's imprisonment in a local, regional, or state correctional facility. The bill provides that a person who is performing work while incarcerated shall be credited at the same rate as the community service work rate less any wages received. Under current law, a court is required to establish a program for providing an option for community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs but offering such option is not mandatory. The bill also requires the local, regional, or state correctional facility to provide confirmation of the hours worked and the credits earned for such work upon request of any person who has performed work while incarcerated or his representative.
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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/1081989.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218669.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186716.HTML)
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4. **Criminal Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096272.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108359.PDF)
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6. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201666.HTML)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210506.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **79–20** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **72–25** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Suspend the Rules R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102053D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB16)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-06** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 25-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB16)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate amendments agreed to by House (79-Y 20-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB16ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB16)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 544 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0544)
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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/32725fc1-65fc-4e80-b933-651d8a096fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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