HB 268: Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection, deferred payment agreement.

Official summary

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Fines and costs; period of limitations on collection; deferred payment agreement. Changes the period of limitations for the collection of court fines and costs from within 60 years from the date of the offense or delinquency giving rise to imposition of such penalty if imposed by a circuit court or within 30 years if imposed by a general district court to within 10 years from the date of the judgment whether imposed by a circuit court or general district court. The bill provides that upon the expiration of the period of limitations, no action shall be brought to collect the debt.The bill also provides that for any defendant sentenced to an active term of incarceration and ordered to pay any fine, cost, forfeiture, or penalty related to the charge that such defendant is incarcerated for, or any other charge for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, the court shall enter such defendant into a deferred payment agreement for such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties. The bill requires the due date for such deferred payment agreement to be set no earlier than the defendant's scheduled release from incarceration on the charges for which such defendant was sentenced on the same day, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the period of limitations for payment of such fines, costs, forfeitures, or penalties shall start to run on the due date for such deferred payment agreement.The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. March 3, 2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2. March 2, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB268)
3. February 27, 2026Committee substitute printed 26108678D-S1
4. February 25, 2026Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
5. February 4, 2026Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
6. February 4, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
7. February 4, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB268)
8. February 3, 2026Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N 0-A)
9. February 2, 2026Engrossed by House as amended
10. February 2, 2026committee amendments agreed to
11. February 2, 2026Read second time
12. January 30, 2026Read first time

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