SB776
Probationer; requiring fines, costs, restitution for damages, etc., failure to pay.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Tammy Mulchi (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 willfully refused to pay. 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)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 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)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 02/17/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/18/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/04/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB776ER)
- 03/12/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
