Virginia House Bill 1955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel. Provides that any unauthorized person who wears a uniform identical to or substantially similar to a standard uniform used by an office of sheriff to impersonate the office of sheriff is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor (currently a Class 3 misdemeanor). The bill adds new punishment for a second or subsequent such offense: a Class 6 felony. The bill also adds the same new punishment for a second or subsequent offense of impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel, currently a Class 1 misdemeanor for any such offense.

Impersonating a law-enforcement officer or other public safety personnel; impersonating, penalty.

Del. Steven Landes [R]

2013-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 94-N) (Y: 4 N: 96 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)
2013-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2013-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1955ER)
2013-03-04	House	Enrolled
2013-02-23	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2013-02-23	House	Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2013-02-23	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-21	House	Delegates: Landes, Loupassi, Hester
2013-02-21	House	Conferees appointed by House
2013-02-21	Senate	Senators: Reeves, Stuart, Stanley
2013-02-21	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2013-02-21	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2013-02-21	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2013-02-21	House	VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 94-N)
2013-02-21	House	Senate amendment rejected by House (4-Y 94-N)
2013-02-20	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-20	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-20	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2013-02-20	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2013-02-20	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2013-02-20	Senate	Read third time
2013-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-18	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2013-02-13	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2013-02-13	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
2013-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2013-02-05	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1955H1
2013-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 13104541D-H1
2013-02-04	House	Read second time
2013-02-02	House	Read first time
2013-02-01	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2013-01-29	House	Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2013-01-25	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2013-01-25	House	Committee substitute printed 13104541D-H1
2013-01-25	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
2013-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2013-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2013-01-22	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2013-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100279D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1612	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	174	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	174.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1955
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1955+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1955H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1955ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0431+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0801V0055+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0113+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0208V0021+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H02V0066+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV0579+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0260+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S05V0272+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0703HB1955+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0748HB1955+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1222+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0834HB1955+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0906HB1955+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1278+HB1955
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1279+HB1955