republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-124.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 incorporates SB 10 and SB 690 and is identical to HB 497.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 124	Virginia SB 124 (2022)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	4	32	7	2022-01-07	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f16f2a02-b8aa-468f-bd18-8a85f083fe5d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB124	eedce022f8f9768f9e947cf981c858897ed77625b7525e491b7e3b7556091b2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 124 (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 incorporates SB 10 and SB 690 and is identical to HB 497.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0654 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105064D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100334D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB124ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100334D introduction
• 2022-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB124)
• 2022-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-26 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-26 Committee substitute printed 22105064D-S1 substitution
• 2022-01-26 Incorporates SB10 (Hackworth)
• 2022-01-26 Incorporates SB690 (Mason)
• 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 22105064D-S1
• 2022-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB124S1
• 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB124S1)
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 Enrolled
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB124ER)
• 2022-02-28 Signed by President
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 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 654 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f16f2a02-b8aa-468f-bd18-8a85f083fe5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).