HB 1150 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

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

Summary

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.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 8, 2026

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Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 452 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. It adds a new section (18.2-174.2) to the Code of Virginia specifically addressing the crime of impersonating local, town, city, or county elected officials.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on criminalizing the impersonation of elected officials; no changes to the substantive scope or applicability were made.

TECHNICAL

Added the formal chapter number (Chapter 452) and specific approval date (April 8, 2026) to the text, reflecting its transition from a proposed bill to an enacted law.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Mar 3, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER)

lower

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 24, 2026

Committee

Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

House committee offered

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Jan 25, 2026

Committee

Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors