Virginia Senate Bill 578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: Senate Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs. Removes the requirement that a court suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of any violation of the law who fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment of fines or costs. The bill allows a court, after 90 days of nonpayment where the court finds the nonpayment was not an intentional refusal to obey the sentence of the court, to provide additional time for payment, reduce the amount of each payment installment, assign community service in lieu of payment, or waive the unpaid portion in whole or in part. Upon a finding that the nonpayment was an intentional refusal to obey the sentence of the court, a court may suspend the defendant's driver's license until payment in full or until the defendant enters into a payment plan.

Drivers' license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-11-30	Senate	Left in Courts of Justice
2018-01-29	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102708D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	354	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	354.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1200.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	395	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	416	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB578
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB578+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03C0203+SB0578