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Bill 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 us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2056 Virginia HB 2056 (2019)
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Appropriations
Crimes and Offenses Generally
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David E. Yancey
6 29 10 2019-01-07 2019-03-18 openstates ocd-bill/da378e68-cf54-4499-a697-9d219437a166 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2056 654097f875ab685f7b97fe8e29a13cc31aced3748608083431edbb0a2d7ba46c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2056ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106256D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101413D (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106788D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 153 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House — 972 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute rejected by House 19106788D-S1 — 097 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on substitute — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House — 886 (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; origin ocd-bill/da378e68-cf54-4499-a697-9d219437a166. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).