Bill Sponsor
Virginia Senate Bill 776
Session 2026
Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.
Active
Active
Passed Senate on Feb 5, 2026
First Action
Jan 22, 2026
Latest Action
Feb 5, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
776
State
Virginia
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
Summary
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-305 of the Code of Virginia, relating to requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, support, or community services from probationer; failure to pay. Provides that a failure of the defendant to pay any fines or costs imposed on him at the time of being placed on probation as a condition of his probation shall not, by itself, be deemed a breach of such probation unless the court finds, after notice to the defendant and his counsel and a hearing, that the defendant has (i) willfully refused to pay or (ii) failed to make sufficient bona fide efforts to acquire the resources to pay. Further, the bill provides that in assessing such failure to pay, the court shall presume that a defendant who is indigent pursuant to relevant law, or who has been deemed indigent during the pendency of a criminal or traffic case, is unable to pay such fines and costs. The bill requires the court to order such defendant relief from any alleged breach of probation, absent any specific finding to the contrary.
Actions (10)
02/05/2026
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N 0-A)
02/04/2026
Senate
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
02/04/2026
Senate
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to Block Vote
02/04/2026
Senate
Read second time
02/03/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
02/03/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
02/03/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
02/02/2026
Senate
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
01/22/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/22/2026
Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26102472D
Sources
Record Created
Feb 8, 2026 9:48:24 PM
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2026 9:48:24 PM