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Bill Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties. Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties. Adds the offenses of gift card theft, gift card forgery, gift card fraud, and criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained to the existing provisions of law related to credit cards. This bill is identical to SB 444. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 662 Virginia HB 662 (2026)
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Virginia HB 662 (2026) — Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties.

Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties. Adds the offenses of gift card theft, gift card forgery, gift card fraud, and criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained to the existing provisions of law related to credit cards. This bill is identical to SB 444.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 370 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
  • Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102404D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 4:15 pm)
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
  • 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
  • 2026-02-10 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107594D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 9:11 am)
  • 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB662ER) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59606f9a-37e2-40d6-9998-4ff0d7b7ef98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).