---
type: "Bill"
title: "False emergency communication to emergency personnel; false information, penalties, report."
description: "False emergency communication to emergency personnel; false information, penalties, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1572"
citation: "Virginia HB 1572 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccbdb977-d451-45f6-80bd-5c4ffd7252dc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1572"
source_hash: "23587790c3c8d8e182e893a7b54a86d75390acca9a996d62e277addc6145c624"
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 1572 (2023) — False emergency communication to emergency personnel; false information, penalties, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0022)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105570D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572H1)
3. **HB1572ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102628D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102628D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1572)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1572H1)
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23105570D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105570D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1572H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1572ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1572ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccbdb977-d451-45f6-80bd-5c4ffd7252dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).