VA SB1291 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
False emergency communication to emergency personnel; false information, penalties, report.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (88-Y 8-N) (Y: 88 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 3-N) (Y: 16 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 3-N) (Y: 16 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2023-03-16 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023) | |
2023-03-16 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 7/1/23) | |
2023-03-02 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 | |
2023-03-02 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 |
2023-02-24 | Senate | Signed by President |
2023-02-21 | House | Signed by Speaker |
2023-02-21 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1291ER) |
2023-02-21 | Senate | Enrolled |
2023-02-16 | House | VOTE: Passage (88-Y 8-N) |
2023-02-16 | House | Passed House (88-Y 8-N) |
2023-02-16 | House | Read third time |
2023-02-15 | House | Read second time |
2023-02-13 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 3-N) |
2023-02-10 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2023-02-10 | House | Read first time |
2023-02-10 | House | Placed on Calendar |
2023-02-07 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
2023-02-06 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1291S1 |
2023-02-06 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 23105682D-S1 |
2023-02-06 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
2023-02-06 | Senate | Read second time |
2023-02-03 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
2023-02-02 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) |
2023-01-30 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
2023-01-30 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 23105682D-S1 |
2023-01-30 | Senate | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 2-N) |
2023-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
2023-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103560D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1572 (Same As) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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15 | 2 | 1716.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 461.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |