HB 1492 VA

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Impersonating law-enforcement officer; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for impersonating a law-enforcement officer while wearing a facial covering, as that term is defined in the bill, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.

• Irene Shin Democratic · primary

1. Jan 23, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105681D · lower
2. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 3:11 pm) · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492) · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
6. Feb 6, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (16-Y 6-N) · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107156D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 11:11 am) · lower
11. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492) · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
19. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108679D-S1 · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 3:44 pm) · lower
22. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492) · lower
23. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109161D-S2 · upper
25. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/5/2026 8:58 am) · lower
26. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
27. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
29. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492) · lower
30. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
31. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected · upper
34. Mar 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
35. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
36. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
40. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
41. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
42. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Shin, Clark, Wilt · lower
43. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
44. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Perry, Srinivasan, Stuart · upper
45. Mar 14, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
46. Mar 14, 2026 House Conferees: Shin, Lopez, Wilt · lower
47. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
48. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
49. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
50. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
51. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1492ER) · lower
52. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
53. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
54. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
55. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
56. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492) · lower
57. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 867 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML