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Committee advances substitute for HB 1499 to change court handling of legal financial obligations
Summary
A Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee substitute for HB 1499 would bar courts from imposing certain costs except as authorized by statute, require courts to waive uncollectible legal financial obligations on motion, expand the definition of indigence, and remove interest on restitution; the committee reported the substitute out with an 8-4 vote.
A Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 1499 that narrows when courts may impose legal financial obligations and changes how unpaid obligations are handled was reported out of committee with a due-pass recommendation on Feb. 21.
The substitute, as explained by committee staff, removes several currently authorized costs from statute, eliminates interest on the restitution portion of LFO judgments and strikes language requiring an administrative process to guarantee that waived debts are recalled from collections or excluded from background checks. The substitute instead requires a court to waive all uncollectible legal financial obligations upon motion of an…
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