HB 2102: Legal financial obligations

Summary

• Provides that costs may not be imposed against a defendant in a criminal case except as specifically authorized by statute, eliminates a number of provisions that authorize imposition of costs or fees, and repeals the statute that imposes interest on restitution judgments.
• Makes debts for costs, fees, and accrued interest eliminated by the act unenforceable and considered null and void and satisfied and paid in full.
• Allows the presiding judge of a court to authorize an administrative process to waive uncollectible outstanding debt and the court clerk or court administrator to seek a judicial order to waive uncollectible debt.
• Revises the definition of "indigent" for purposes of determining imposition or waiver of legal financial obligations.

From the House Bill Analysis 2026 (HB 2102), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗