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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 HB 662."
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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 444"
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citation: "Virginia SB 444 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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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/aeac7af2-624f-4720-8820-ae9e96c8ca8c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB444"
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source_hash: "aba1dead40c8b3da4266a70c75465c1384313fc279d22407da48cb795aab069f"
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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 444 (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 HB 662.
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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/1090290.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216728.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115981.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199687.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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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — 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 26103315D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/20/2026 1:47 pm)
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB444)
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- **2026-02-02** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26106708D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/4/2026 5:36 pm)
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB444)
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-12** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB444ER) `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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)
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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/aeac7af2-624f-4720-8820-ae9e96c8ca8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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