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type: "Bill"
title: "Clerks of circuit court; fees, restitution, online payment systems, report."
description: "Clerks of circuit court; restitution; fees; online payment systems; report. Provides that if a clerk's office allows payment to occur via an already established online payment system for the collection of court fines and fees or costs, it shall offer such payment method for all restitution payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "Virginia HB 1235 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5032c7c-c6f8-4561-bf2f-b7b24f4b657f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1235"
source_hash: "56629ddc46f9c39e47dfdadae47be7d2f4f7dd57197dab5e0e1b203c5d4b0b93"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1235 (2026) — Clerks of circuit court; fees, restitution, online payment systems, report.
Clerks of circuit court; restitution; fees; online payment systems; report. Provides that if a clerk's office allows payment to occur via an already established online payment system for the collection of court fines and fees or costs, it shall offer such payment method for all restitution payments.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087842.PDF)
2. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135208.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142356.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194571.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **220** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102508D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107365D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1235)
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1235ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1235)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 759 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5032c7c-c6f8-4561-bf2f-b7b24f4b657f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).