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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.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Read third time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150)
Committee substitute printed 26107151D-H1
House committee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105074D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
M. Keith Hodges