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H.B. 254: Plea in Abeyance Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: House

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill addresses a plea in abeyance.

  • Modifies the requirements for compensatory service
  • Requires a prosecuting attorney to offer a plea in abeyance in certain circumstances and provides requirements for that agreement to a plea in abeyance
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Criminal Procedure · Judicial Operations · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Punishment · Fines

How it moved

  1. · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 254, dated January 22, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

  • State revenue: Enactment of this legislation could reduce General Fund revenue to the Courts by $1,812,100 ongoing beginning in FY27.
  • State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
  • Local government: Enactment of this legislation could reduce revenues to justice courts by an aggregate of $2,891,000 annually beginning in FY27 due to reduced fee payments for pleas in abeyance.
  • Individuals and businesses: Enactment of this legislation could reduce costs to individuals who pay a fee for a plea in abeyance by an average of $100 a person for a total cost savings of $4,703,100 annually beginning in FY27 paid by approximately 47,000 individuals.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Grant Amjad Miller

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.