SB776
Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Tammy Mulchi (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26102472D
- 01/22/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to Block Vote
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N 0-A)
