republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1751.md

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Bill	Forgery; venue for prosecution.	Provides that, in addition to the current forgery venue provisions, forgery may be prosecuted in any county or city where an issuer, acquirer, or account holder sustained a financial loss as a result of the offense. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1751	Virginia HB 1751 (2019)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Criminal Procedure	enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	7	24	7	2018-12-21	2019-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/07794124-7c06-41af-8ff5-c1cb24c1d321	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1751	6725c52dc04dc939f0ecea5c7f14ca97db53af14f3925b00c1f5367f4f682313	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1751 (2019) — Forgery; venue for prosecution.

Provides that, in addition to the current forgery venue provisions, forgery may be prosecuted in any county or city where an issuer, acquirer, or account holder sustained a financial loss as a result of the offense. 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 (CHAP0046) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1751ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101000D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19101000D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-21 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101000D introduction
• 2018-12-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB1751E
• 2019-01-24 Printed as engrossed 19101000D-E
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2019-02-07 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-11 Enrolled
• 2019-02-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-11 Signed by President
• 2019-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
• 2019-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07794124-7c06-41af-8ff5-c1cb24c1d321. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).