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type: "Bill"
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title: "Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 47"
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citation: "Virginia SB 47 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-11-24"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a022b0b3-758b-4b18-a07a-1d508022e99a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB47"
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source_hash: "fd2b230fa6a7e92f1222894a0097634ca582eab7065cbf42fc80a28578d05007"
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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 47 (2026) — Impersonation of law-enforcement officer while committing additional act; penalties.
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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.
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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/1081666.PDF)
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2. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189989.PDF)
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3. **Criminal Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171645.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213326.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **75–24** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christie New Craig — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-24** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100776D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-11-24** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-12-05** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/5/2025 4:10 pm)
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- **2026-01-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-21** Courts of Justice Substitute
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- **2026-01-23** Committee substitute printed 26105928D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 11:20 am)
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- **2026-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-30** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/3/2026 8:51 am)
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108352D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-03** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed House with substitute (75-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-11** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/11/2026 1:02 pm)
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- **2026-03-12** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB47ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB47)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 875 (effective 7/1/2026) `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/a022b0b3-758b-4b18-a07a-1d508022e99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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