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| Bill | Forgery, as certain violations; amends venue provisions for prosecution. | Forgery; venue. Clarifies that the venue provision for prosecution of forgery applies to forging public records, etc., forging coin or bank notes, and forging, uttering, etc., other writings. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 559 | Virginia SB 559 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 559 (2026) — Forgery, as certain violations; amends venue provisions for prosecution.
Forgery; venue. Clarifies that the venue provision for prosecution of forgery applies to forging public records, etc., forging coin or bank notes, and forging, uttering, etc., other writings.
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
- Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 38–2 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100647D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB559)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Blank Action
- 2026-02-20 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-20 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-20 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-21 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26108692D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB559)
- 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB559ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB559)
- 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d763e83-f6b8-47c8-a946-bf0fab345183. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).