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type: "Bill"
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title: "Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty."
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description: "Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for an agent under a power of attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult who is the principal of that agent. The bill also provides that the agent's authority terminates upon such conviction. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill incorporates SB 10 and SB 690 and is identical to HB 497."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 124"
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citation: "Virginia SB 124 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-07"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16f2a02-b8aa-468f-bd18-8a85f083fe5d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB124"
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source_hash: "eedce022f8f9768f9e947cf981c858897ed77625b7525e491b7e3b7556091b2a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 124 (2022) — Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation of incapacitated adults by an agent, penalty.
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Misuse of power of attorney; financial exploitation; incapacitated adults; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for an agent under a power of attorney to knowingly or intentionally engage in financial exploitation of an incapacitated adult who is the principal of that agent. The bill also provides that the agent's authority terminates upon such conviction. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill incorporates SB 10 and SB 690 and is identical to HB 497.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0654)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105064D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB124S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100334D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB124)
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4. **SB124ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB124ER)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100334D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB124)
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- **2022-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-26** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-26** Committee substitute printed 22105064D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-01-26** Incorporates SB10 (Hackworth)
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- **2022-01-26** Incorporates SB690 (Mason)
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- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 22105064D-S1
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- **2022-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB124S1
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- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB124S1)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB124ER)
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16f2a02-b8aa-468f-bd18-8a85f083fe5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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