HB 1150 VA

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Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty. Prohibits any person from willfully and intentionally (i) falsely assuming or exercising the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of any local, town, city, or county elected official; (ii) falsely assuming or pretending to be any such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value; or (iii) impersonating any such elected official with the intent to make another believe he is such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value. A violation of such prohibition is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

• M. Keith Hodges Republican · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105074D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · lower
3. Jan 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) · lower
4. Jan 25, 2026 Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 House committee offered · lower
8. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107151D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) · lower
11. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) · upper
20. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
21. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
22. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to · upper
25. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 6, 2026 Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER) · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) · lower
31. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
33. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
36. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendments · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · PDF
• Privileges and Elections Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML