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type: "Bill"
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title: "Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 662"
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citation: "Virginia HB 662 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59606f9a-37e2-40d6-9998-4ff0d7b7ef98"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB662"
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source_hash: "6f8ec724ff719b081c510a684797af9615536e3ba8ffed70786744d19f6d1860"
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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 HB 662 (2026) — Offenses relating to gift cards; penalties.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085397.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216701.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148802.PDF)
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4. **Criminal Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142922.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191153.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102404D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 4:15 pm)
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
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- **2026-02-10** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107594D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 9:11 am)
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB662ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB662)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)
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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/59606f9a-37e2-40d6-9998-4ff0d7b7ef98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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