republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-497.md

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Bill	Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty.	Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for an agent under a power of attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult who is the principal of that agent. The bill also provides that the agent's authority terminates upon such conviction. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill is identical to SB 124.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 497	Virginia HB 497 (2022)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	4	28	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/789a8faf-314e-4d48-99e1-d7aaa5e5e080	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB497	9df922103311f83e9cf3c95abd0870a9a777cfeeeda90967adfef642f18b3091	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 497 (2022) — Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty.

Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for an agent under a power of attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult who is the principal of that agent. The bill also provides that the agent's authority terminates upon such conviction. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill is identical to SB 124.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0397 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105097D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB497ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100840D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100840D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-01-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB497)
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105097D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB497H1)
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22105097D-H1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB497H1
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-25 Enrolled
• 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-25 Signed by President
• 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB497ER)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 397 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/789a8faf-314e-4d48-99e1-d7aaa5e5e080. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).