---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officials; to knowingly, with intent to mislead an official, giving false reports."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2056"
citation: "Virginia HB 2056 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David E. Yancey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da378e68-cf54-4499-a697-9d219437a166"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2056"
source_hash: "654097f875ab685f7b97fe8e29a13cc31aced3748608083431edbb0a2d7ba46c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2056 (2019) — Law-enforcement officials; to knowingly, with intent to mislead an official, giving false reports.

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

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0471)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2056)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2056ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2056ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106256D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2056H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101413D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2056)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106788D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2056S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House 19106788D-S1 — **0–97** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House — **88–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David E. Yancey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101413D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19106256D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2056H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 19106788D-S1
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2056S1
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate substitute rejected by House 19106788D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2019-02-19** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-23** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 471 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da378e68-cf54-4499-a697-9d219437a166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).