Law-enforcement officials; knowingly, w/ intent to mislead an official, giving false reports.
Summary
Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly, with the intent to mislead a law-enforcement agency, cause another to give a false report to any law-enforcement official by publicly simulating a violation of Chapter 4 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) (Crimes Against the Person) or Chapter 5 (§ 18.2-77 et seq.) (Crimes Against Property) of Title 18.2. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Oct 30, 2018
Last action Mar 7, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 15, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 15, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2019
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
House insisted on amendment
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (90-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1031S1
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104815D-S1
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Oct 30, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Oct 30, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100144D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AC
Amanda Chase
RRepublican
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