republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-47.md

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Bill	Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties.	Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties. Provides that any person who impersonates a law-enforcement officer (i) while committing or attempting to commit aggravated murder, first or second degree murder, abduction, rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, or sexual battery or (ii) while circumventing, bypassing, or attempting to circumvent or bypass any security measure of any business, commercial building, residence, building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or building owned or leased by a locality or any agency thereof is guilty of a Class 6 felony. A second or subsequent offense is punishable as a Class 5 felony.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 47	Virginia SB 47 (2026)	bill		enacted	Christie New Craig	4	51	11	2025-11-24	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a022b0b3-758b-4b18-a07a-1d508022e99a	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB47	fd2b230fa6a7e92f1222894a0097634ca582eab7065cbf42fc80a28578d05007	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 47 (2026) — Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties.

Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties. Provides that any person who impersonates a law-enforcement officer (i) while committing or attempting to commit aggravated murder, first or second degree murder, abduction, rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, or sexual battery or (ii) while circumventing, bypassing, or attempting to circumvent or bypass any security measure of any business, commercial building, residence, building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or building owned or leased by a locality or any agency thereof is guilty of a Class 6 felony. A second or subsequent offense is punishable as a Class 5 felony.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 75–24 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christie New Craig — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-24 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100776D filing, introduction
• 2025-11-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-12-05 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/5/2025 4:10 pm)
• 2026-01-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
• 2026-01-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-21 Courts of Justice Substitute
• 2026-01-23 Committee substitute printed 26105928D-S1 substitution
• 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 11:20 am)
• 2026-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
• 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/3/2026 8:51 am)
• 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108352D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-03 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
• 2026-03-04 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-09 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (75-Y 24-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/11/2026 1:02 pm)
• 2026-03-12 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB47ER) 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 (SB47)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 875 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a022b0b3-758b-4b18-a07a-1d508022e99a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).