Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-174.2, relating to impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Impersonating any local, town, city, or county elected official; penalty. Prohibits any person from willfully and intentionally (i) falsely assuming or exercising the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of any local, town, city, or county elected official; (ii) falsely assuming or pretending to be any such elected official with intent to defraud or obtain access, information, service, or thing of value; or (iii) impersonating any such elected official with the intent
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 14, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 452 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
M. Keith Hodges
Recorded votes
Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 95, X 4
Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 15
Rereferred from Privileges and Elections and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 14, X 1
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 97, X 3
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (21-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 21, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 452.