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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 HB 662. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 444 | Virginia SB 444 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 444 (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 HB 662.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103315D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/20/2026 1:47 pm)
- 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB444)
- 2026-02-02 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106708D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/4/2026 5:36 pm)
- 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB444)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-13 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-03-04 Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB444ER)
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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aeac7af2-624f-4720-8820-ae9e96c8ca8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).