HB16
Community service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 2, 2026
House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 community service work or work performed while incarcerated, defined in the bill as ... (More) any work done on or after July 1, 2020, by a person confined in any penal or corrective institution of the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions who is paid a wage that is less than the Virginia minimum wage. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/22/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102053D
- 12/22/2025 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB16)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
