Virginia House Bill 1572 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

False emergency communication to emergency personnel; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly report, or cause another to report in reliance on intentionally false information provided by such person, a false emergency communication to any emergency personnel that results in an emergency response. False emergency communication to emergency personnel; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly report, or cause another to report in reliance on intentionally false information provided by such person, a false emergency communication to any emergency personnel that results in an emergency response. The bill also provides that it is a Class 6 felony if such false emergency communication results in an emergency response and any person suffers a serious bodily injury as a direct and proximate result of the false emergency communication and a Class 5 felony if any person is killed as a direct and proximate result of the false emergency communication. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of such false emergency communication shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such false emergency communication.

False emergency communication to emergency personnel; false information, penalties, report.

Del. Wendell Walker [R]

2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N) (Y: 92 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) (Y: 17 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
2023-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1572ER)
2023-02-24	House	Enrolled
2023-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-15	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (92-Y 6-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (92-Y 6-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1572H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23105570D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 23105570D-H1
2023-02-03	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N)
2023-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102628D

SB1291 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	426	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	428	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1572
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1572ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0022+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105350D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105570D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1572F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1572FH1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1572FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0153+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0125+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1601+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0249+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0431+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB1572+HB1572
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0679HB1572+HB1572