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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forgery; venue for prosecution."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1751"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1751 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-12-21"
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last_action: "2019-02-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07794124-7c06-41af-8ff5-c1cb24c1d321"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1751"
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source_hash: "6725c52dc04dc939f0ecea5c7f14ca97db53af14f3925b00c1f5367f4f682313"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1751 (2019) — Forgery; venue for prosecution.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0046)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1751AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1751)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1751ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1751ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101000D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1751)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101000D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1751E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1751ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101000D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB1751E
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- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19101000D-E
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-02-07** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07794124-7c06-41af-8ff5-c1cb24c1d321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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