# Virginia HB1150: Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.

Virginia HB1150, Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by M. Keith Hodges (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)) (as of 2026-10-12).

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- As of: 2026-10-12
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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1150
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)
- Sponsor: M. Keith Hodges (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (330 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## 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 overview: provisions PRIA read

- Impersonating local officials is a crime: benefit, medium. The law makes it illegal to impersonate any local, town, city, or county elected official, including constitutional officers. You cannot willfully and intentionally act as if you hold the office, or pretend to be the official to defraud or to get access, information, services, or things of value. A…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: M. Keith Hodges (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-06 | House | Senate amendments agreed to by House | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) (Governor)
- 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-13: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) (House)
- 2026-03-13: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1150ER) (House)
- 2026-03-13: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-13: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-06: Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-03-04: Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-15: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-13: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Committee substitute printed 26107151D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-13: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-06: House committee offered (House)
- 2026-02-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-03: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-01-25: Assigned HPE sub: Campaigns and Candidates (House)
- 2026-01-17: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1150) (House)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections (House)
- 2026-01-14: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105074D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217859.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217858.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203625.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203624.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194506.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-03-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190926.HTML)
- Substitute, 2026-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145840.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145839.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116196.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116195.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088368.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088367.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217859.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217858.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203625.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203624.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194506.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190926.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145840.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145839.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116196.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116195.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088368.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088367.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1150-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).