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HB 1142 Passed First Chamber

Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs.

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Deferred or installment payment agreements; outstanding court-assessed fines, fees, taxes, or costs. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth or the clerk of the circuit court shall not require any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge for which such defendant was incarcerated, or any other chare for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such  defendant into a deferred payment agreement with a due date set no earlier than 180 days after the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charges for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last action
Jul 21, 2026 — Continued from last session
Session
2027
Momentum
70 · High