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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 1150

Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 6, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 3, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 2, 2026
Senate		Reported from Courts of Justice with amendmentspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 24, 2026
Senate		Rereferred from Privileges and ElectionspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 17, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 13, 2026
House		Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 3, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see

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