Justice Committee advances multiple criminal-justice measures to appropriations, including sentence-modification and payment-credit bills The House Justice Committee reported several criminal justice bills to Appropriations, including HB16 (crediting community service performed while incarcerated toward fines and costs), HB17 (extending the delinquency window from 90 to 180 days and requiring deferred payment agreements) and HB26 (automatic hearings to consider modifying certain marijuana sentences).

Virginia's House Justice Committee is pushing forward groundbreaking criminal justice reforms that could reshape how fines are paid and sentences are modified for past marijuana offenses.

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