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Bill Impersonating a law-enforcement officer; clarifies definition of "facial covering," penalties. Impersonating law-enforcement officer; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for impersonating a law-enforcement officer while wearing a facial covering, as that term is defined in the bill, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1492 Virginia HB 1492 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1492 (2026) — Impersonating a law-enforcement officer; clarifies definition of "facial covering," penalties.

Impersonating law-enforcement officer; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for impersonating a law-enforcement officer while wearing a facial covering, as that term is defined in the bill, and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Public Safety Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage R — 2713 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 41 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6235 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Public Safety with substitute — 166 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 105 (pass) · upper
  • Insist & Request R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6332 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 2217 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 099 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Irene Shin — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26105681D introduction
  • 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 3:11 pm)
  • 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492)
  • 2026-01-28 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-06 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107156D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 11:11 am)
  • 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492)
  • 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108679D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 3:44 pm)
  • 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492)
  • 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109161D-S2 substitution
  • 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/5/2026 8:58 am)
  • 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492)
  • 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-10 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
  • 2026-03-10 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-11 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 99-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
  • 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Shin, Clark, Wilt
  • 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Perry, Srinivasan, Stuart
  • 2026-03-14 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-14 House Conferees: Shin, Lopez, Wilt
  • 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 32-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1492ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1492)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 867 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a41e212-81f6-4ac8-b69d-d20784dbd833. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).