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Subcommittee backs 25% cap on wage garnishments for state and local tax debts
Summary
The House Finance subcommittee reported House Bill 1979 with a substitute that would cap garnishments of disposable weekly earnings at 25% for state and local tax collections; the measure passed the subcommittee 5-1 after testimony from legal aid advocates and county treasurers.
The House Finance Subcommittee reported House Bill 1979 with a substitute, moving a 25% cap on the percentage of disposable weekly earnings that state or local governments may garnish to collect tax debts. The substitute passed the subcommittee by a 5-1 tally.
Delegate Lee Hernandez, the bill’s patron, told the committee the measure makes “necessary changes to wage garnishments in Virginia.” Hernandez said current law permits garnishment of 100% of wages in some state and local tax-collection cases and that Virginia is an outlier nationally. The substitute adds a…
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